Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese's classic black and white biopic on self-destructive boxer Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro in Oscar-winning form). The prizefighter’s devastating rage helps him rise to the top of the ring, but destroys his life outside it. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Director and Supporting Actor Joe Pesci. Co-written by Paul Schrader, in his second collaboration with Scorsese after 1976's Taxi Driver.
- Director:
- Martin Scorsese ('Goodfellas', 'Casino', 'The Departed', 'Taxi Driver')
- Writer:
- Paul SchraderMardik Martin
- Cast:
- Robert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciFrank VincentNicholas Colasanto
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressScorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know.
Total Film
pressScorsese's luminous study of a man at war with his own nature remains undimmed after almost 30 years.
Time Out
pressWhen has a performer as fully and uniquely sacrificed himself to the moving-picture cause as De Niro?
The Guardian
pressDe Niro and Joe Pesci are impeccable and Cathy Moriarty is iconically sexy.
Roger Ebert
pressIt's the best film I've seen about the low self-esteem, sexual inadequacy and fear that lead some men to abuse women.
Variety
pressScorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know.
Total Film
pressScorsese's luminous study of a man at war with his own nature remains undimmed after almost 30 years.
Time Out
pressWhen has a performer as fully and uniquely sacrificed himself to the moving-picture cause as De Niro?
The Guardian
pressDe Niro and Joe Pesci are impeccable and Cathy Moriarty is iconically sexy.
Roger Ebert
pressIt's the best film I've seen about the low self-esteem, sexual inadequacy and fear that lead some men to abuse women.
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