Raging Bull (1980)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:51
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.
Theatrical Release:17-08-2007
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,... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent
Director: Martin Scorsese
Reviews for Raging Bull
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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 |
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De Niro and Joe Pesci are impeccable and Cathy Moriarty is iconically sexy. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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 |
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5/5 |
Among the greatest films of the 1980s, but not Scorsese's best. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Martin Scorsese’s luminous study of a man at war with his own nature remains undimmed after almost 30 years. Full Review |
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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 |
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5/5 |
a masterpiece
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5/5 |
Every swirling camera movement, every distinctive angle, has a real reason for existing in this story of world middleweight boxing champ Jake La Motta. Full Review |
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5/5 |
It is certainly the greatest boxing film ever put to celluloid. Full Review |
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Widely acclaimed as both the greatest film of the 1980s and of its director, Martin Scorsese, this is one of a select handful of films that everyone should see. Full Review |
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A- |
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 |
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De Niro is always absorbing and credible, even when his character isn't. Full Review |
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3/5 |
If you've never seen Raging Bull, it's nowhere near as artwank as you've been led to believe. Full Review |
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Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin turn in a soulful and intelligent screenplay, one that has blood dripping off the pages. Full Review |
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This is Scorsese and De Niro at their best. Full Review |
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Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know. Full Review |
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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 |
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5/5 |
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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 |
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