I Play Rocky’s audience score on Rotten Tomatoes has officially dethroned the entire Rocky franchise — and it’s not even out wide yet. The biopic, directed by Peter Farrelly and starring Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone, opened with a 97% rating from audiences, surpassing Creed III’s 95%, the highest in the series.
That’s a quiet seismic shift: a film about the man who made the underdog myth immortal is now the most beloved entry in his own legacy. It’s playing in just seven theaters across the US right now, grossing $44,984, but that number is expected to explode when it expands nationwide on November 20.
The Toronto International Film Festival premiere drew strong reviews, and since then, the momentum hasn’t slowed. Ippolito’s performance has been called ‘magnificent’ by Stallone himself, who admitted he initially doubted the portrayal but ended up watching the film like any other audience member. 'I actually forgot I was me,' he told CBS Morning.
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