Sly

Name: Sly
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: November 3, 2023
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Sylvester Stallone

2023

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 3, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Sylvester Stallone

Summary: For nearly 50 years Sylvester Stallone has entertained millions with iconic characters and blockbuster franchises, from Rocky to Rambo to The Expendables. This retrospective documentary offers an intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor-writer-director-producer, paralleling his inspirational underdog-story with the indelible characters heFor nearly 50 years Sylvester Stallone has entertained millions with iconic characters and blockbuster franchises, from Rocky to Rambo to The Expendables. This retrospective documentary offers an intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor-writer-director-producer, paralleling his inspirational underdog-story with the indelible characters he has brought to life. [Netflix]… Expand

Director: Thom Zimny

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Sep 18, 2023

Throughout the film, he’s so calmly but blazingly articulate, so candid about the processes of moviemaking and his strengths (and weaknesses) as an actor, so wise about the meaning of his own stardom, that I realized, with a touch of embarrassment, a prejudice I’ve been carrying around for 47 years. Deep in my reptile brain, I still think Sylvester Stallone is Rocky. Read full review

Steve Pond

Sep 18, 2023

Mixing familiar stories with fresh insights, Zimny’s film is a portrait in restlessness, a picture of a man who has been both wildly successful and thoroughly dismissed — sometimes simultaneously. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Nov 3, 2023

For those of us who fell in love with “Rocky” and have stuck with him, it’s pure documentary gold when Sly recalls how the film was shaped. Read full review

Slashfilm BJ Colangelo

Nov 3, 2023

There are a few talking heads, including some sincerely powerful stuff from Sly's brother Frank, but Zimny wisely lets Sly be the focus. His control of the narrative might mean the film is narrow in its scope, but by the time the credits roll, like a "Rocky" movie, you'll be begging for a sequel. Read full review

Empire John Nugent

Nov 10, 2023

It might follow a linear storytelling path a little too strictly, but Sylvester Stallone is a bracingly honest documentary subject, and fans in particular will take much from this look at a life and career well lived. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Nov 2, 2023

Stallone’s flair for words — and his references to Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” and the 1968 dynastic drama “The Lion in Winter” — make one wish he’d talked about much more than his greatest hits and misses. Read full review

The Guardian Charles Bramesco

Oct 30, 2023

Zimny could have mined some more intimate profundity from Stallone’s determined political fence-sitting, the reluctance of a born entertainer to alienate any faction of his fandom with vocal partisanship. Read full review

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