Raging Bull

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Raging Bull

R

1980

2h 8m

Biography

Drama

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The story of a middleweight boxer as he rises through ranks to earn his first shot at the middleweight crown. He falls in love with a gorgeous girl from the Bronx. The inability to express his feelings enters into the ring and eventually takes over his life. He eventually is sent into a downward spiral that costs him everything.

Critics 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.

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Dean Johnson

Orlando Sentinel

10/11/2023

3.5/4

The brutality of Raging Bull is intense, a mood Scorsese maintains consistently. And, connected with that, is the director's search for, if not beauty, then poetry, within that vivid viciousness. He succeeds in that search.

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Joseph Gelmis

Newsday

10/11/2023

3/4

De Niro playing La Motta in Raging Bull is beyond mere typecasting. It is an apotheosis. With La Motta as technical adviser, De Niro, an actor with a passion for authenticity, has found the ideal outlet for his singular talent.

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Desmond Ryan

Philadelphia Inquirer

10/11/2023

Even if Scorsese and De Niro have created a movie that defies categories, the sports film will never seem quite the same, and the boxing division has a new heavyweight against which past and future efforts will be measured.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 21

4/4

The true power of De Niro's performance rests in his ability to worm his way into this lug's twisted psyche and air out his personal demons for all to see.

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John Marriott

Radio Times

08/30/2024

5/5

Scorsese effortlessly fuses top-drawer acting, pumping narrative drive and blitzkrieg camera technique to deliver a giddy, claustrophobic classic.

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Mike Thorn

Vague Visages

12/12/2023

Martin Scorsese perfects a configuration of the biopic as self-recognized fiction.

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Jake S.

@muterabbit 2d

This movie is overrated as hell. Raging Bull is entirely too long for how little it has to say, and for how loathsome the main character is. LaMotta is a paranoid bully, who starts fights with family and friends about every little thing. I give Raging Bull 1 star for Joe Pesci, who always seems to give an entertaining performance with whatever role he gets.

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Apr 8

The higher they climb the harder they fall, a great film.

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Zane T

@ZaneThind Apr 7

A stylelized violent film that's amazing to watch with great acting and a technical marvel in direction.

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Robert B

@RT84684395 Mar 30

Solidly one of the best films I have seen. Everything about it from the sound track to the cinematography is fantastic. And the story is wonderfully told.

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Andrew A

@rt_andrew Mar 26

A great acting showcase if a bit too angsty at times for me

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John F

@RT84127024 Mar 16

Before Wolf of Wall Street, there was Raging Bull.

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Synopsis

The story of a middleweight boxer as he rises through ranks to earn his first shot at the middleweight crown. He falls in love with a gorgeous girl from the Bronx. The inability to express his feelings enters into the ring and eventually takes over his life. He eventually is sent into a downward spiral that costs him everything.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Producer: Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
Screenwriter: Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage, Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: United Artists, Chartoff-Winkler Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 1, 1980, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $87.3K
Runtime: 2h 8m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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