The arm-wrestling championship eats up about a third of the movie, which is a lot of grunting, snarling and perspiring. All things being relative, this beats what passes for drama in the rest of the movie.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 16, 2021

This movie is so out of control and has some unsettling moments between the father and son. But it is entertaining.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 13, 2021

This movie was so much fun. As crazy as it was, I couldn't stop being entertained!

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 13, 2021

...a fairly absurd premise that's employed to surprisingly watchable and entertaining effect...

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 5, 2021

Don't be deceived by the premise. Over the Top isn't about arm wrestling; it's about a father reconnecting with his son, and teaching him what it means to fail, and how to do it with dignity. It's beautiful actually. "The world meets nobody half way."

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jul 15, 2020

The grapple scenes are so devoid of thrills that you long to return to the mushy melodramatics.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 27, 2019

The film is on the long side for its story, as it's basically an unassuming little tug-of-love tale. But you'll be cheering for Sly on both custody and arm-wrestling fronts at the artfully-staged finale.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2019

Arm wrestling, truck driving, weird weight lifting, and tear jerking are the stuff of this predictable Sylvester Stallone vehicle...

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 27, 2019

It's a technique that gives new meaning to the term ''feeling had.''

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 27, 2019

The only diversion is keeping track of the shameless advertising plugs that dot the film, like toadstools after a rain.

| Mar 27, 2019

The way to a kid's heart is through his daddy's biceps, though this big daddy looks more like terminal Dada.

| Feb 28, 2019

Granted that it's his ticket to riches, but you'd think that by now even Sylvester Stallone might be bored playing underdogs who beat the odds and become winners.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 27, 2019

It's not traditionally considered a Stallone masterpiece, but I sure as hell love it.

| Apr 20, 2017

It's clich-ridden, wildly incompetent, and laughably serious about itself. But if you saw it at the right age, and if you approach it in the right frame of mind, it's a pretty easy way to kill a couple of hours on TBS.

| Jun 19, 2016

Cheesy but fun '80s action movie has violence, bullying.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 22, 2016

Routinely made in every respect.

| Mar 26, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 9, 2007

Inevitably there is a bicep-bursting climax in Vegas, and even though he does wear clip-on ties, it is impossible not to root for the New Yorkie Bar man.

| Jan 26, 2006

Why draw the line between "so bad it's good" and a pedigreed artistic success?

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 1, 2005