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I PLAY ROCKY MOVIE REVIEW
The One of Us crew is back with another film from the Austin Film Festival with Peter Farrelly’s, I Play Rocky. Farrelly’s career is extremely interesting. Starting as a co-director with his brother making some of the biggest comedies of the 90’s like Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, Peter made a huge turn into Oscar gold with his film Green Book winning him Best Picture. Now it seems that he’s throwing his hat back into the ring with a bio-pic about one of the best underdog stories of cinema history; the making of Rocky. Starring Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone, we follow his struggle in 1970’s New York trying to make ends meet doing everything from starring in a softcore porn film to working as ticket usher at the local cinema. There he meets his future wife Sasha (AnnaSophia Robb) who encourages him every day to write something for himself so that he can star as the lead of his own story. As he strikes out time and time again, he becomes inspired to write about an underdog boxer called Rocky. As opportunity presents itself, he’s met with more opposition as the script is picked up but the studio doesn’t want him to play the character. What’s truly special about the film is Ippolito’s portrayal as Stallone and especially his vocal cadence. He’s so oddly natural at the very specific accent and vocal stems that it never comes across as a tired impression, but a truly lived-in real person. Listen as Wright and Nathan discuss I Play Rocky and argue if it’s a knockout.
DIRECTED BY: Peter Farrelly
STARRING: Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, Toby Kebbell, P. J. Byrne, Jay Duplass, Matt Dillon, Stephan James, Tracy Letts
YOUR REVIEWERS
Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, One Man’s Trash, Screener Squad)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.
Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of OneofUs.Net, often found overly caffeinated, slightly stoned, and ready to unleash the hottest takes imaginable. As the resident Letterboxd Lunatic, his movie opinions are as bold as his love for Top Gun: Maverick — a film he considers less of a movie and more of a religion. When he’s not passionately defending his latest cinematic obsession, Nathan manages a comedy club in downtown Austin, where he’s somehow avoided being heckled… so far. Around here, he’s usually the punching bag, but hey, someone’s gotta do it.
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