Storyline
When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.
Directors
Cast
Philip Ettington, Shay Duffin, Martin Scorsese, John Turturro, Gene LeBell, Michael Badalucco, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Charles Scorsese, Daniel P. Conte, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Tony Lip, Victor Magnotta, Cathy Moriarty, Jimmy Williams, Charles Guardino, Peter Savage, Gil Perkins, Vincent Barbi, Bernie Allen, Harvey Parry, Allen Joseph, Mardik Martin, Robert Dahdah, Mario Gallo, Chuck Hicks, Theresa Saldana, Nicholas Colasanto, Rita Bennett, Jack Lotz, Kevin Breslin, Coley Wallace, Fred Dennis, Geraldine Smith, Richard McMurray, Candy Moore, Wally K. Berns, Vincent Di Paolo, Marty Farrell, R. Michael Givens, Michael Charles Hill, Walt La Rue, Angelo Lamonea, Dennis O'Neill, Jerry Schram, McKenzie Westmore
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Reviews
100
The performances are riveting and the visuals are stunning. The boxing sequences are brutally realistic - there are no crappy Rocky theatrics here - and the humanity oozes out of every scene.
100
Chicago Sun-Times
The most painful and heartrending portrait of jealousy in the cinema--an "Othello'' for our times.
100
Chicago Tribune
Filmed in black-and-white and shockingly well acted by De Niro, Raging Bull suggests that if you are looking for the source of evil in the world, you don't have to look any further than yourself. It's inside you or it isn't. And it comes out or it doesn't. [19 Dec 1980]
100
Entertainment Weekly
Another harsh character study, with poignant echoes of "Taxi Driver."
100
Los Angeles Times
One of the bloodiest and most beautiful reflections on atonement in the Scorsese canon... It is still one of cinema's most breathtaking films.
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