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Raging Bull (1980)

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Raging Bull (1980) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.4999

Avg Critic Score:3.3776

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DVD Town (James Plath)

There's been quite a fuss over Jamie Foxx's amazing portrayal of soul singer Ray Charles, and deservedly so. But in 1980, Robert De Niro all but set the bar for biopic performances when he made "Raging Bull," which is rated among the top 25 films of ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at DVD Town (James Plath)

Edinburgh U Film Society (Keith H. Brown)

Though he loses five of his six bouts with Sugar Ray Robinson (often acknowledged as the world's greatest-ever boxer), La Motta's chief adversary over the years is not Robinson, but his own self-destructive nature. La Motta's relationships with ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Keith H. Brown)

DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)

A few months back Warners came out with a boxed set of Martin Scorsese films and now MGM follows up with its own four-film, five-disc offering. Although overall the titles are not as varied or interesting, this collection can boast what is probably ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)

DVDBeaver

In one of the most famous fights in boxing history, "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre", their sixth fight, Sugar Ray Robinson beat Jake la Motta to a bloody pulp, landing 56 unanswered punches in the 13th round, before the referee stopped the fight ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at DVDBeaver

Classic Film Guide

Perhaps director Martin Scorsese's best film and another great boxing movie, this one is a biography of Jake La Motta, a middle weight boxing champion with a violent and (overall a) pretty messed up life, convincingly played by Robert De Niro, who won ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Classic Film Guide

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The Greatest Films (Tim Dirks)

Raging Bull (1980) is an unrelenting, searing biopic and dramatic tragedy - based on the real-life story of an unlovable, stubborn middle-weight boxing champion as he struggles to be champion. His life passes through successive stages of punishment, ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at The Greatest Films (Tim Dirks)

DVDork.com (Ryan Keefer)

Itâ��s pretty amazing that itâ��s been 20 years since this film has been made, but equally amazing is the fact that almost nobody saw it when it first came out, roundly considered a box office bomb, but it still was nominated for 7 Oscars, winning 2, and ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at DVDork.com (Ryan Keefer)

LeisureSuit.net

Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980): Raging Bull There's a little Raging Bull in all of us. Some part of us that's just a bundle of id and testosterone, that doesn't think, but wants, and wants to pummel the hell out of anyone who would stand in the ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at LeisureSuit.net

Village Voice (Amy Taubin)

An anti-blockbuster about a guy who busts blocks legally for a living, Raging Bull makes pain the measure of manhood. Not only pain inflicted, but pain endured. As unsparing of its audience as its protagonist is of his opponents, his family, and himself, ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Village Voice (Amy Taubin)

Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Leo Goldsmith)

All of Martin Scorseseâ��s work has been a curious mix of the public and the personal: his (usually male) characters always play out their deep-seated neuroses and frustrated desires in the public arenas of the family, the neighborhood, New York, the ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Leo Goldsmith)

DVDnett.no

Filmen Raging Bull ER Martin Scorsese og Robert De Niro. I denne historien om den emosjonelt ustabile boksene finner du alle de sÃ¦rtrekkene ved de to parhestene (egentlig burde vi utvide til en trio og ta med Joe Pesci) som vi finner igjen i nesten alle ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at DVDnett.no

Sports Illustrated (Frank Deford)

The violence in Raging Bull is ghastly and overdone. A nose crunches, broken for us to hear close up; copious amounts of blood gush out of orifices and gashes, drenching the ringside swells. To what purpose? There are, it seems to me, three possible ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Sports Illustrated (Frank Deford)

Expanded Cinemah

New York City. 1964. Lâ��ex pugile Jake La Motta, ingrassato e con un sigaro in mano, racconta di come la vita sul ring spesso Ã¨ simile a quella di uno show, business e spettacolo qualsiasi. Ã� lâ��inizio di un lungo flashback che a partire dal 1941 ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Expanded Cinemah

DVD Town (Tim David Raynor)

First of all, let me say that I've never been a huge fan of boxing. Needless to say, my father would rather enjoy Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull," and when I recently asked him about the middleweight champ, Jake LaMotta, he chimed right in with a few ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at DVD Town (Tim David Raynor)

A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)

Director Martin Scorsese's glorious filmed adaptation (written for the screen by Paul Schraeder) of Jake La Motta's novel stars Robert DeNiro in the title role of LaMotta, a tough-as-nails boxing champ who's as destructive in his life outside the ring ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)

CineScene.com (Sasha Stone)

"I recall every fall, every hook, every jab...they say my life wasn't drab. But give me a stage, where this bull here can rage..." Martin Scorsese, like all brilliant filmmakers, puts everything he has into a film - this one almost killed him. The ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at CineScene.com (Sasha Stone)

Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

He is as tough as nails in 1941, a real comer on the boxing scene. But no one wants to fight him. Jake La Motta. The Bronx Bull. His brother Joey serves as his manager, bearing his insults, moods, and rages. The Mob wants a piece of the action but La ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)

The other great movie about boxing, Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is as dismal as Rocky is triumphant, as hopeless as Rocky is hopeful. The true story of championship prizefighter Jake La Motta, this is unmannered, unpretentious filmmaking that tells ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)

digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)

Of all the great films, Raging Bull may be the most difficult to watch. There are all kinds of superlatives you can rightly pile on: the greatest sports movie ever made, the greatest film biography, the greatest work by our greatest living director, ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)

DVD Net (Amy Flower)

Raging Bull is a boxing film right? BZZT! Wrong. Whilst the film revolves around the life of Jake La Motta (Robert De Niro), whose trade happens to be boxing, the actual "sport" takes a backseat to what is in actual fact an incredible warts and all - ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at DVD Net (Amy Flower)

homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)

Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull" (1980) is arguably the greatest American biopic ever made. Based on the life of boxer Jake La Motta (Robert De Niro), I see the movie as a subtle character study of an unlikable man who relates to the world by giving ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)

Time Out

With breathtaking accuracy, Raging Bull ventures still further into the territory Scorsese has mapped in all his films - men and male values; in this case through the story of 1949 middleweight champion Jake La Motta. De Niro's performance as the cocky ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Time Out

Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)

While there's no denying that it's very well acted and flawlessly filmed, Raging Bull is nevertheless a sporadically engaging but mostly overrated look at the life and career of boxer Jake LaMotta (played by Robert DeNiro, in an Oscar-winning ...read the complete Raging Bull movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)

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