Raging Bull
Academy Award × 2·AFI #4·National Film Registry
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
What critics thought
Initially polarizing on release, Raging Bull has since settled into near-universal critical standing as one of Scorsese's greatest achievements. Critics consistently single out De Niro's performance and Scorsese's unflinching direction, though early audiences and some contemporaneous reviewers found the subject's brutality and moral ugliness genuinely difficult to sit with.
“much of Raging Bull exists because of the possibilities it offers De Niro to display his own explosive art”
Time
“Raging Bull may prove to be Scorsese's finest achievement to date”
Steven Jenkins·Monthly Film Journal
Genres
Biography, Drama, Sport
Cast & Crew
DirectorMartin Scorsese
StarringRobert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto
Raging Bull
Academy Award × 2·AFI #4·National Film Registry
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
What critics thought
Initially polarizing on release, Raging Bull has since settled into near-universal critical standing as one of Scorsese's greatest achievements. Critics consistently single out De Niro's performance and Scorsese's unflinching direction, though early audiences and some contemporaneous reviewers found the subject's brutality and moral ugliness genuinely difficult to sit with.
“much of Raging Bull exists because of the possibilities it offers De Niro to display his own explosive art”
Time
“Raging Bull may prove to be Scorsese's finest achievement to date”
Steven Jenkins·Monthly Film Journal
Genres
Biography, Drama, Sport
Cast & Crew
DirectorMartin Scorsese
StarringRobert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto