Review of Paradise Alley (1978) by Private U — 06 Dec 2007

This movie shot Stallone into the movie industry.

This review of Paradise Alley (1978) was written by Private U on 06 Dec 2007.

Paradise Alley has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Richard S (2,067) on 04 Apr 2009

And they almost give this guy an award? what a piece of crap crap crap…

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By Dave R (1,620) on 15 Aug 2010

What I liked was the reversal of Assante and Stallone's characters. I felt that was a very strong quality of this film…

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By Daniel J (422) on 17 Apr 2009

Paradise Alley is set in 1946 in the dingy and dirty streets of Hell's Kitchen- or the Bowery, take your pick, maybe more like the Bowery-…

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By Jason M (2,623) on 14 Jul 2007

Personally I thought this was a very good movie…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 05 Aug 2003

Striking in the way it evokes fears of abandonment—children’s worries blown up to grown-up scale—and completely unlike any film Stallone…

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By Person M (5) on 14 Feb 2010

Fun but anyone with more than a passing interest in wrestling will get bored probablly as the film dosent break kayfabe…

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By Pieter-Jan V (262) on 05 Aug 2008

Stallone tried a little to hard at times, but still this was a great movie…

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By Jack Kroll (152) for Newsweek (1,534) on 08 Oct 2000

A phony, attitudinizing, self-indulgent mess, a multimillion-dollar B (for boring) picture with the ear of a cauliflower, the heart of a hustler…

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By Ty C (99) on 05 Jan 2007

This was made right after rocky. its set in new york. its also tom waits first movie. its just a silly movie and its not very good…

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By James H (4,675) on 27 Dec 2006

Sylvester Stallone's success with Rocky the year before really went to his head on this clunker…

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