Film Reviews
Raging Bull
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- Starring: Cathy Moriarty
- Details: US (1980)/ 128 mins/ (18.)
Ranking alongside GoodFellas as Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro's finest moments to date, Raging Bull is a tough and uncompromising snapshot of the life, times and crimes of prizefighter, Jake La Motta. Scorsese's direction may be faultless -here he predominantly uses black and white film to capture the characters' emotional intensity and the savagery of the frequent boxing matches - but De Niro is the real star with a mesmerising performance. In fact, the only real compliant is that La Motta's depicted as such a despicable character that by the end of this emotionally draining movie, there's little left in the way of sympathy for his plight.
Review by Garreth Murphy
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