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Variety
Think of Against the Ropes as a "Rocky" story -- if, that is, the vintage is somewhere between "Rocky IV" and "V," and the action centered around the Burgess Meredith character as played by Meg Ryan wearing "Barbarella" outfits. Full Review
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
A boilerplate melodrama whose good guys and bad guys are so baldly drawn they could have been conceived by Friz Freleng. Full Review
Brian Lowry
Variety
Think of Against the Ropes as a "Rocky" story -- if, that is, the vintage is somewhere between "Rocky IV" and "V," and the action centered around the Burgess Meredith character as played by Meg Ryan wearing "Barbarella" outfits. Full Review
Dana Stevens
The New York Times
Some of the performances show flashes of idiosyncrasy and flair that are nearly snuffed out by the pedestrian script. Full Review
David Edelstein
Slate
Emminently skippable. Full Review
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