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Such a frustrating disappointment

Overrated and overhyped

Expected more

Best movie ever!

When I first heard of the concept for this film, I thought that the whole "Rocky vs. Raging Bull" angle was interesting. When I saw the trailer for it, I thought that it looked like a comedy with a healthy dose of heart. When I saw the movie itself...I realized it was an "idea" picture surrounded by filler.For a basic plot summary, "Grudge Match" tells the two of two rival boxers who each beat the other one time, setting up what was to be a hugely popular "rubber match". Before the fight could take place, however, Henry "Razor" Sharp (Sylvester Stallone) walked away from the sport, leaving Billy "The Kid" McDonnen (Robert De Niro) to stew over what could have been. Thirty years later, both fighters meet up again at a motion-capture exercise for a new video game coming out. They still have as much vitriol and hatred for each other as before, and thus the rivalry is rekindled. When the prospect of a huge $$$ purse is dangled before their eyes, they agree to step in the ring one final time to settle the score once and for all.The trouble with this movie is two-fold:First, Stallone has never achieved any comedic success (besides perhaps "Avenging Angelo", but that wasn't supposed to even BE a comedy)...period! When it comes to the comedy of this film, De Niro runs circles around Stallone. Since they both share about equal screen time, the Sly comedy scenes get a bit tough to stomach. Plus, as usual, Kevin Hart's brand of comedy is very much an acquired taste (one that this reviewer hasn't come around to).Secondly, even the best of comedy movies have to contain some heart or "meat" behind them, and "Grudge Match" fails miserably in that department. The backstory involving Kim Basinger's character just isn't interesting enough to make you care about what should be the emotional punch of the movie.Granted, there are some positives to this film (hence the 2 stars instead of just a single). Some jokes (especially for those intimately familiar with Stallone and De Niro's past works) are laugh- out-loud funny, while the end fight scene is probably the best part of the entire movie (where Stallone really gets to shine).However, it is quite clear that the "Rocky vs Raging Bull" concept is what fueled this movie, and that just wasn't enough to carry a two-hour film. "Grudge Match" isn't terrible, but I have absolutely no desire to watch it again, either.

I was hesitant to watch this and (I'm sure like most others) went in with very low expectations but Grudge Match surprised me with constant laughs, a story with heart and was ultimately way better than I thought it was going to be.Stallone and DeNiro do a great job as a pair of aging boxing rivals coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout 30 years after their last match. I actually enjoyed DeNiro here which I haven't been able to say about him for ages what with his crappy comedy choices of late and Stallone is excellent even if his character is just another less mumbling version of Rocky, hard to differentiate the two there.What really held this together was Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin, those two are absolutely fantastic. Jon Bernthal and his son balance the mix out nicely and I even enjoyed the Kim Basinger rekindled romance arc.Surprisingly the part I liked the least was the actual fight which just kept reminding me of Rocky Balboa. There are also some very weird waxy CGI flashbacks showing the boxers in their prime, back in the eighties. 3/2/16

This is a movie you can actually walk away from and come back in twenty minutes and know what is going to happen. How it got good reviews is beyond my knowledge. At 57 minutes in you get your first laugh which is really a chuckle. This movie is a bomb. I can go to sleep watching it. Perhaps they were trying to make a statement about the confusion which children have when they really do not have parents. I do not know what the story is really about. The musical score is really bad. It is not like what you would expect from the other movies Sylvester Stallone made. I wonder what happened to him. This is really a bad movie. I am sorry I wasted 2 hours on this lame movie.

Although this works as a concept, having two old boxers who hate each other have one last match, it just keeps on making wish that I could have seen a movie where Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone had made this movie when they were both in their prime, cause that would have been explosive. As for the movie we do have, it is not a terrible comedy, but it is far from great. The main bright spots are the interactions between Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin, who keep yipping at each other and basically steal the show. But other then that it is a by the numbers predictable comedy with repetitive jokes and a bland outcome 2.5 Beards Out Of 5.