Raging Bull (1980)
Average Rating: 9.1/10
Reviews Counted: 58
Fresh: 57 | Rotten: 1
Arguably Martin Scorsese's and Robert De Niro's finest film, Raging Bull is often painful to watch, but it's a searing, powerful work about an unsympathetic hero.
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1
Arguably Martin Scorsese's and Robert De Niro's finest film, Raging Bull is often painful to watch, but it's a searing, powerful work about an unsympathetic hero.
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Martin Scorsese's brutal character study incisively portrays the true rise and fall and redemption of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, a violent man in and out of the ring who thrives on his ability (and desire) to take a beating. Opening with the spectacle of the over-the-hill La Motta (Robert De Niro) practicing his 1960s night-club act, the film flashes back to 1940s New York, when Jake's career is on the rise. Despite pressure from the local mobsters, Jake trusts his brother Joey (Joe
Dec 19, 1980 Wide
Aug 1, 2000
United Artists
Cast
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Robert De Niro
Jake LaMotta -
Cathy Moriarty
Vickie LaMotta -
Joe Pesci
Joey LaMotta -
Frank Vincent
Salvy -
Nicholas Colasanto
Tommy Como -
Theresa Saldana
Lenore -
Frank Adonis
Patsy -
Mario Gallo
Mario -
Frank Topham
Toppy/Handler -
Johnny Barnes
Sugar Ray Robinson -
Kevin Mahon
Tony Janiro -
Ed Gregory
Billy Fox -
Louis Raftis
Marcel Cerdan -
Johnny Turner
Laurent Dauthuille -
Bob Aaron
Prison Guard #1 -
Bernie Allen
Comedian -
John Arceri
Maitre d' -
Michael Badalucco
Soda Fountain Clerk -
Wally K. Berns
Arresting Deputy #2 -
Joseph Bono
Guido -
James V. Christy
Dr. Pinto -
Daniel P. Conte
Detroit Promoter -
Shay Duffin
Ring Announcer (Janiro ... -
Don Dunphy
Himself/Radio Announcer... -
Peter Fain
Dauthuille Corner Man -
Lori Anne Flax
Irma -
Paul Forrest
Monsignor -
Bill Hanrahan
Eddie Eagan -
Ted Husing
Himself (TV Announcer 3... -
Jack Lotz
Referee (Fox Fight) -
Allan Malamud
Reporter at Jake's Hous... -
Mardik Martin
Copa Waiter -
Bill Mazer
Reporter -
Richard McMurray
J.R. -
Candy Moore
Linda -
Harvey Parry
Referee (3rd Robinson F... -
Charles Scorsese
Charlie - Man with Como -
Geraldine Smith
Janet -
Coley Wallace
Joe Louis -
Kevin Breslin
Heckler -
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Vic Magnotta
Fighting Soldier -
Martin Scorsese
Barbizon Stagehand -
John Turturro
Man at Table -
Robert Uricola
Man outside Cab -
Mary Albee
Underage I.D. Girl -
Kenny Davis
Referee (1st Robinson F... -
Marty Denkin
Referee (Janiro Fight) -
Jimmy Lennon Sr.
Ring Announcer (2nd Rob... -
Lou Tiano
Ricky -
Count Billy Varga
Ring Announcer (3rd Rob... -
Peter Savage
Jackie Curtie -
Peter Petrella
Johnny -
Noah Young
Musician #3 -
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All Critics (58) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (65) | Rotten (1) | DVD (38)
When has a performer as fully and uniquely sacrificed himself to the moving-picture cause as De Niro?
De Niro is always absorbing and credible, even when his character isn't.
Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know.
I can't pan it, but this 1980 fantasy biography of fighter Jake LaMotta seems unquestionably Martin Scorsese's weakest work, at least to that point in his career.
This film does more than make you think about masculinity, it makes you see it -- in a way that's relevant to all men, not just Bronx boxers.
The film that many consider the finest of its decade.
Boxing movie masterpiece still brutal, bloody.
The other night, my wife and I sat down to watch the new 30th Anniversary Blu-ray edition of Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull. I could scarcely believe it's been three decades since...
Raging Bull's second release on Blu-ray looks to be the essential version of Scorsese's masterwork, second only to the experience of seeing it on the big screen.
Raging Bull is a fascinating exploration of the mind of an emotionally disconnected man. It's brutal, crass and impossible to look away -- much like a real boxing match.
The 30th anniversary Blu-ray edition contains many special featurettes. Scorsese's 1980 film is an American masterpiece than even he doesn't make anymore.
Scorsese might never again find a subject as ideal as Jake LaMotta, the Bronx-based boxer whose public bouts and private demons Raging Bull chronicles with such bruising acuity.
Um estudo psicológico brutal sobre um homem dominado pelo ciúme, a insegurança e a paranóia e que traz, além da direção inspirada e expressiva de Scorsese, três atuações formidáveis por parte de De Niro, Pesci e Moriarty.
Interesting, rewarding and, at times, surprisingly episodic.
Robert De Niro's metamorphosis into boxing legend Jake La Motta (AKA the Bronx Bull) is one of the most impressive acting transformations on celluloid.
An essential addition to the libraries of all true cinephiles, the film is a triumph both for De Niro and his director, Martin Scorsese, as this stuffed set ably demonstrates.
A classic that has everything to do with the capacity of even highly successful men to cope with life in general, and women in particular.
De Niro and Joe Pesci are impeccable and Cathy Moriarty is iconically sexy.
This savagely authentic film about flawed masculinity is worth seeking out for another viewing if the summer's toothless blockbuster fodder is getting you down.
Among the greatest films of the 1980s, but not Scorsese's best.
Martin Scorsese's luminous study of a man at war with his own nature remains undimmed after almost 30 years.
Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin turn in a soulful and intelligent screenplay, one that has blood dripping off the pages.
This is Scorsese and De Niro at their best.
Audience Reviews for Raging Bull
Super Reviewer
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- Jake LaMotta: I bought it for my father. I bought the building.
- Vickie LaMotta: Oh, yeah? From fightin'?
- Jake LaMotta: Yeah. What else?
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- Jake LaMotta: I'm the best, I can take it more than anybody.
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- Jake LaMotta: I don't go down for nobody.
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- Joey LaMotta: What are you trying to prove?
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- Jake LaMotta: Who's an animal? Your mother's an animal, ya son of a bitch.
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- Jake LaMotta: You punch like you take it up the ass.
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