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Paradise Alley

1978

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito, Armand Assante, Frank McRae ...

5.6

1,170

Drama Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to tho wart a sleazy manager.

	Author	Review
United States	Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"The result is striking (...) and completely unlike any film Stallone has put his name on since."	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Stallone needs help. If he continues to write, direct and star in movies like 'Paradise Alley', the career that only really began with 'Rocky' may turn out to have been an extremely brief dream. "	NEG
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"An upbeat, funny, nostalgic film populated by colorful characters, memorable more for their individual moments than for their parts in the larger story."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The plot (...) is shot full of sentimental holes; but the creation of a floridly fantasticated netherworld of low-life high-rollers and their inevitably multi-coloured circumlocutions is irresistible."	NEU
United States	TV Guide	"Stallone creates a thoroughly enjoyable character, constantly hustling and delivering a nonstop stream of chatter, showing the kind of engaging work he was capable of early in his career."	POS

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