Raging Bull
Emotionally self-destructive boxer Jake LaMotta's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.
17 November 1942, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
22 March 1923, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
2 July 1923, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 August 1947, Maplewood, New Jersey, USA
20 December 1954, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
November 30, 2016
It's certainly bruising to watch, thanks both to the ferocity of its fight scenes and the violent misogyny of its protagonist. This is a film that doesn't pull any punches when it comes to portraying machismo.
April 21, 2011
The other night, my wife and I sat down to watch the new 30th Anniversary Blu-ray edition of Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull. I could scarcely believe it's been three decades since...
August 04, 2008
De Niro is always absorbing and credible, even when his character isn't.
November 02, 2010
Scorsese might never again find a subject as ideal as Jake LaMotta, the Bronx-based boxer whose public bouts and private demons Raging Bull chronicles with such bruising acuity.
March 14, 2007
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.
November 03, 2010
When has a performer as fully and uniquely sacrificed himself to the moving-picture cause as De Niro?
February 09, 2006
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.
March 14, 2007
Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know.
January 05, 2014
endlessly compelling
January 30, 2010
Um estudo psicológico brutal sobre um homem dominado pelo ciúme, a insegurança e a paranóia e que traz, além da direção inspirada e expressiva de Scorsese, três atuações formidáveis por parte de De Niro, Pesci e Moriarty.
November 13, 2015
"Raging Bull" ultimately has a numbing effect on the brain as if one's head had been pummeled by La Motta's so-called "girlish" fists.
January 16, 2011
Raging Bull is a fascinating exploration of the mind of an emotionally disconnected man. It's brutal, crass and impossible to look away -- much like a real boxing match.
