The true story of Chuck Wepner, who lasted fifteen rounds with Muhammad Ali in the ring, only for it to ruin his life for many years afterwards. It's the inspiration for Rocky, it's too similar not to be, even though Stallone denies it.

Liev Schreiber is just great as Chuck, he forces you to care about this man obsessed with his own brief fame. This whole movie kinda lured me in, I didn't really care whether I watched it or not, but the story and performances were too good to ignore.

Plus, you get to see Jim Gaffigan do a bump or two and frolic with topless women! So 70's!

While it's formulaic and it's small budget really shows at times, Chuck is still an extremely entertaining boxing film with a rock solid leading performance from Liev Schreiber. I recommend giving it a shot.

Fine, but suffers from a severe case of the 'biopic syndrome', where the filmmakers think that because their theoretically telling a true story, the movie has to necessarily portray its subject's life chronologically, even if the middle part is so obviously the narrative climax. Schreiber is expectedly great, and is always a delight to see Moss get back to Peggy Olson's shoes, the guys that play Ali and Stallone have a tougher time, specially because the director keeps going for close-ups. As usual for pictures' set in the 70's, the cinematography, production design and soundtrack are excellent.

You had me at Liev Schreiber plays the original Rocky. The lumbering, loveable punching bag known as the Bayonne Bleeder, Chuck Wepner. The people’s champion of New Jersey who went 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali, quickly proceeded by 15 minutes of fame. But who say’s fame can be good for a man. All the attention lavished on such a big kid at heart only further exonerated him from responsible living. But this is a role Liev was born to play about as much as Ray Donovan and he delivers the goods. If you have an affection for boxing movies, no matter how many get pumped out annually, this is worth a look. One of those stories you find interesting but it doesn’t leave you as a better person afterwards or help you see the world in a new light. Just glutinous entertainment plain and simple.

Yeah, this may be a little conventional as a biopic but I'm a sucker for boxing movies, so this one gets bumped up. Liev Schreiber actually goes a pretty commendable job here in the lead (and really nails that Jersey accent) and the tie-in with Rocky was pretty cool as well. Something that I learned from this film is that Chuck Wepner shares the same birthday as me! FACT!

This is a biopic of the life of Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber). Chuck was the top ranked boxer in New Jersey when Don King needed a "white guy" for Ali (Pooch Hall) to fight. Chuck was the only top 10 white fighter at the time. He manged to go the distance in a defeat inspiring Stallone (Morgan Spector) to script "Rocky." The fight, which normally would be the climax of a film comes in at about 30 minutes as we follow the self destruction that ensues.

The film includes some historical clips. The film is more of a drama than a boxing flick. There is no musical training period for the fight and it only has ring highlights. Acting and accents were great. A must watch for any boxing fan!

1) Schreiber, as expected, is great.
2) They got the poor man's Robert Downey Jr. to play young Stallone and that was great too.
3) Elizabeth Moss is always great, so she does what she can with the true and tried role of the nagging wife.

Here's the thing though: Chuck Wepner's life (at least from a dramatic point of view) peaked when he fought Ali. That's when the movie peaks too, and it happens way too early. Life post-Ali is the doldrums and ,as much effort as everyone puts in, there's only so much life that can be injected into it.

Worth watching once, especially if you're a ROCKY fan.

An odd an easily overlooked boxing story with an amusing premise. Tipped as the inspiration for Rocky, the story of Chuck Wepner (the bleeder) is one of excess and nostalgia. More character study than drama but still riveting throughout. Worth a watch, especially for fans of the genre.

Molto classico, ma colpisce nel segno praticamente sempre e sorprende per la leggerezza e l'ironia con cui ti racconta una storia tristissima che in altre mani sarebbe stato un noioso e scontato drammone biografico.

Schreiber enorme. E da dove salta fuori questo Falardeau?

Good first hour but very dull and downbeat after the Ali fight.

é estranho mas eu torci pro muhammad ali

Réalisation bancale et banale.
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Equal parts entertaining and interesting, Chuck is more of an intimate character study than a typical boxing film, but it works well.

The real life inspiration behind Rocky was enough to lure me in. It has a great little cast: Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Ron Perlman, Jim Gaffigan, Elizabeth Moss, Michael Rappaport. I thought Schreiber was great in the title role of Chuck Wepner.

It's a bit of a tragic story, but has a happy conclusion, with the real-life Chuck featured at the end. Clips from Anthony Quinn's Requiem for a Heavyweight were used quite effectively. You can't help but feel Chuck's story was an important one to be told - the cast certainly do it justice.

Phenomenal soundtrack and 70s atmosphere throughout. Chuck is an underdog movie of a slightly different kind. Well worth a watch.

I finally understand everything now 

Honestly a 7/10

En general las actuaciones están bastante bien, además de que el cast está lleno de caras conocidas. El soundtrack es buenísimo, sirve bastante bien para entrar en la época de los 70's y la historia no está tan mal.

Mis problemas con esta película se encuentran en el guión, por ejemplo, Chuck siempre se siente igual, al final no siento que haya mejorado o empeorado conforme al principio, y que además no se nota ningún cambio físico con el tiempo; además de que a veces se hacen salto en el tiempo bastante confusos o hay otros que quedan inconclusos , así que gracias a estos errores puede ser un poco difícil entrar en el ritmo de la trama.

Netter Film über den wahren Boxer hinter Rocky Bolboa von dem gleichnamigen Klassiker " Rocky" den ich selber leider noch nicht gesehen habe. Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss und Naomi Watts zeigen schauspielerisch was sie können und auch meine Lieblingsjugend Schauspielerin Sadie Sink zeigt mit ihren damals 14 Jahren, was sie kann.