A lively documentary how he wrote his movie career into overdrive with Rocky and worked out his Daddy issues in subsequent scripts.

| Feb 5, 2024

Stallone offers generous clips and candid conversation, but there’s always the sense that the star, while pretending to lift the curtain on his eventful life, is illuminating his story with a mighty narrow spotlight.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 21, 2023

Despite playing it safe and steering clear of controversial topics, Nrtflix's Sly is a well-made, well-intentioned documentary that provides some fascinating insights into one of Hollywood's last mega-stars.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2023

Stallone takes viewers through some of his most famous scenes and the highlights/low points of his career and life, adding his trademark charm and storytelling ability.

| Dec 3, 2023

Part career retrospective and part gushing hagiography, it would actually be mildly irritating were it not for the man himself: an accomplished talent with a wounded soul, and seemingly burdened by regret.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 30, 2023

This is a film about Sylvester Stallone made by people who love Sylvester Stallone.

| Nov 29, 2023

It's very pro-Sly... but be that as it may, I enjoyed it. He's a fascinating guy.

| Nov 29, 2023

Though Stallone made his name as the unkillable action-man of his generation, his story ends up being unexpectedly poignant.

| Nov 28, 2023

Stallone acts as a producer on the movie, which would normally make me a little dubious about the final product, but Sly feels honest, even if a great deal of his life and work is left out.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 17, 2023

Stallone is like Rambo at the Netflix gates, making sure he approves and filters any insights at his own approval, which limits the film's effect. Still, at times, Sly can by touching and insightful on a personal and professional level.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 17, 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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2023

Stallone turns out to be a disarmingly frank and intuitive interrogator of his own life story, often expressing himself with a candour and intelligence quite at odds with his screen persona.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 8, 2023

Sly's intelligent commentary and self-awareness contrast with his somewhat oafish action-hero profile, and the documentary keeps an engaging pace that stays interesting throughout.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2023

Stallone is unquestionably a magnetic screen presence. If only the film were able to capture who he is beyond that.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 7, 2023

While “Sly” can sometimes be entertaining because of Stallone’s (and even Tarantino’s) presence alone, the film around him can’t escape the giant shadow he casts.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 7, 2023

There are no voices that challenge Stallone’s view of himself as the Hell’s Kitchen kid who didn’t quit. It’s the kind of amiable mythmaking that would’ve been right at home on a 1985 episode of Entertainment Tonight.

| Original Score: C | Nov 7, 2023

An elemental, effective documentary without grand discoveries or surprises that spans half a century of Stallone's career; He opens his home, his archives, memories, and heart for this portrait. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 6, 2023

“Sly” possesses value as a pop-culture record, letting an influential talent tell their story to those weaned on their work. Compared to the best of that fertile genre, though, it’s more of a lightweight than a genuine contender.

| Nov 6, 2023

“Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward,” Stallone proudly says, quoting his favorite scene from the film and his mantra for life.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 6, 2023

It’s more of a comfort watch, an American underdog story, than a warts-and-all expose.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 6, 2023