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Raging Bull (1980)

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Reviews Counted: 53

Fresh: 52

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 9/10

Consensus: 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.

Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: With RAGING BULL, Martin Scorsese's personal approach to filmmaking is taken to a whole new level. Shooting in a crisp black and white, Scorsese tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta,... With RAGING BULL, Martin Scorsese's personal approach to filmmaking is taken to a whole new level. Shooting in a crisp black and white, Scorsese tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, played with incredible intensity by Oscar winner Robert De Niro. As La Motta rises through the ranks to earn his first shot at the middleweight crown, he falls in love with Vickie (Cathy Moriarty), a gorgeous girl from his Bronx neighborhood. Jake's inability to express his feelings pours out in the ring and eventually takes over his life in his dealings with his brother, Joey (a brilliant Joe Pesci). Irrational jealousy over Vickie, as well as an insatiable appetite, sends him into a downward spiral that costs him his title, his wife, and his relationship with Joey. As the out-of-control fighter, De Niro delivers one of the screen's most unforgettable performances. Pesci is just as intense as Joey, who finally realizes that he is unable to tame his animalistic brother. Cinematographer Michael Chapman shoots the film with a stylish flair that fills the boxing scenes with boundless energy and adds immediacy to the arguments that erupt whenever Jake is outside the ring. Simply put, RAGING BULL is one of American cinema's masterworks. [More]

Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent

Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Frank Adonis

Director: Martin Scorsese

Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriter: Mardik Martin, Paul Schrader
Story: Jake La Motta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

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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.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
05/08/09
Cole Smithey
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De Niro is always absorbing and credible, even when his character isn't.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment 1 Comment
08/04/08
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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If you've never seen Raging Bull, it's nowhere near as artwank as you've been led to believe.

Full Review Source: Heckler Spray | comment 1 Comment
07/30/08
Chris Laverty
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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.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
08/17/07
Derek Malcolm
This is London

De Niro and Joe Pesci are impeccable and Cathy Moriarty is iconically sexy.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
08/17/07
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

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.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
08/17/07
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]

Among the greatest films of the 1980s, but not Scorsese's best.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/17/07
Richard Luck
Channel 4 Film

Martin Scorsese’s luminous study of a man at war with his own nature remains undimmed after almost 30 years.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
08/17/07
Total Film

Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin turn in a soulful and intelligent screenplay, one that has blood dripping off the pages.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/09/07
Dennis Schwartz
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This is Scorsese and De Niro at their best.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/14/07
Madeleine Williams
Austin Chronicle

Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 34 Comments
03/14/07
Joseph McBride
Variety
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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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 6 Comments
03/14/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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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.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Jessica Winter
Time Out

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

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07/01/05
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Scorsese's masterpiece, that should have won the Oscar, is a haunting pschological study of boxer Jake La Motta and the fine line between animalistic brutality and humanity

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment 2 Comments
06/26/05
Emanuel Levy
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06/25/05
Emanuel Levy
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a masterpiece

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04/05/05
Rich Cline
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03/28/05
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Jake's inner struggles dovetail with his performance in the ring, and the film

Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | comment Comment
03/22/05
Leo Goldsmith
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