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With RAGING BULL, Martin Scorsese's personal approach to filmmaking is taken to a whole new level. Shooting in a crisp black and white, Scorsese tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, played with incredible intensity by Robert De Niro, in an Oscar-winning performance. As La Motta rises through the ranks to earn .. Read more

Starring	Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Nicholas Colasanto
Director	Martin Scorsese
Genres	Drama, Sport

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- "RAGING BULL is not simply the greatest boxing movie ever made; Martin Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece is arguably the finest American film released in [that] decade..."
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- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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- - 35
  - 2
  This is as good as it gets
  
  Martin Scorsese's searing masterwork Raging Bull is not just a film about a boxer. It's a film about obsessive jealousy, a film about the self ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 07 May 2004 at 22:38
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- - 0
  - 0
  Dont believe the hype
  
  It's my against-the-grain opinion but Raging Bull is not an amazing film. Its quite good but wont live up to the hype. I will say, they should have given ... read more »
  
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- - Coolin
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 14 May 2012 at 22:13
- - 1
  - 1
  Let down
  
  Two hours of your life you will never get back. Stylish, well-acted but overly worthy and downright depressing with no redeeming characters. A tragic tale and a... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 09 Mar 2012 at 13:16
- - 0
  - 1
  Raging Bullocks
  
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  This film doesn't work. Its FAR too long
  
  The subject matter is a very unsympathetic character made worse by the fact that guy, Jake La Motta is ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Rick-Deck
  - 19 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Mar 2012 at 14:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Anti hero
  
  Portrays the charcater of La Motta really well. At points in the film you will loathe him and at others root for him, a real anti-hero. One of Scorsese's ... read more »
  
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- - NorthEndMonkey
  - 5 reviews
  - 06 Oct 2011 at 13:03
- - 0
  - 0
  A Classic!
  
  heard alot about this being a classic film and a must see, so naturally i got it and watched it and i totally agree. de niro is superb but thats to be expected ... read more »
  
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- - AnthonyMcC22
  - 12 reviews
  - Enfield
  - 27 Sep 2011 at 00:49
- - 0
  - 0
  Oppressive but well done
  
  Robert de Niro's performance is very powerful as Jake La Motta not only in sheer physicality but also his aggressive and bullying character. This is not a ... read more »
  
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- - odellju
  - 51 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Sep 2011 at 21:25
- - 3
  - 1
  Not worth watching
  
  The violence & shouting De Nero's character does with his wife is terrible. There seemed to be no storyline I could grasp - really slow film so I turned... read more »
  
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- - rachaelknight16
  - 81 reviews
  - Derbyshire, England
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 08:57
- - 0
  - 0
  Heavyweight viewing
  
  The screenwriters went to town on this one with a high-octane script which is acted out by the two brothers with bags of fiery emotion, equal to the gusto seen ... read more »
  
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- - clicketyclick
  - 4 reviews
  - 15 Aug 2011 at 22:27
- - 1
  - 0
  Great acting
  
  I enjoyed this film as i like scorsese films. It was a long film tho, my boyfriend fell asleep half way through and missed alot of it. Robert de niro's ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 30 Jun 2011 at 21:30
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  A Must See!!!
  
  Supurb acting as always from Deniro and a strong supporting cast make this an amazing film. Didn't realise just how much effort Deniro puts into his acting ... read more »
  
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- - LBSandy
  - 1 review
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 29 Jun 2011 at 13:44
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- - 35
  - 2
  This is as good as it gets
  
  Martin Scorsese's searing masterwork Raging Bull is not just a film about a boxer. It's a film about obsessive jealousy, a film about the self ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 5536
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 07 May 2004 at 22:38
- - 21
  - 5
  The ultimate boxing film
  
  Without doubt one of the all-time great films sees the pairing of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.
  
  Filmed almost entirely in black and white, De ... read more »
  
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- - AndyMoore
  - Isle of Wight
  - 14 Oct 2003 at 14:26
- - 19
  - 0
  If you think this is a classic, you might be wrong
  
  Having been billed as a classic with 5 star ratings I watched this film from beginning to end. I suspect that you, like me, will give this the benefit of the ... read more »
  
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- - Matt Evans
  - UK
  - 25 Oct 2007 at 13:58
- - 12
  - 7
  Dont believe the hype
  
  This film is good, but it is not brilliant by any stretch of the imagination. People say its the best boxing film ever made, but I cant think of many good ... read more »
  
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- - Higs
  - 19 reviews
  - Welling
  - 28 Jun 2004 at 13:25
- - 8
  - 2
  Died and gone to hell
  
  This has to be the worst movie ever, it was painful to watch and i am sure when i die and if i go to hell i will be forced to watch this for all eternity.read more »
  
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- - mark lipinski
  - Edinburgh
  - 10 May 2007 at 23:13
- - 6
  - 0
  Italian machismo....again
  
  This is without doubt a masterpiece of modern cinema. De Niro and Scorcese combine to produce a gritty and disturbing picture of the rise and subsequent fall of... read more »
  
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- - Simes69
  - 22 reviews
  - Sevenoaks
  - 08 Aug 2004 at 11:00
- - 5
  - 0
  Watchable is a perfect description
  
  Like another reviewer, I really struggled to care what happened to any of the characters in this film. This film is watchable, but there is nothing special ... read more »
  
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- - hungrytw
  - London
  - 31 Aug 2006 at 16:50
- - 6
  - 4
  Over Rated!
  
  I was keen to watch this film as it has always been cited as being a classic. I was extremely disappointed.
  
  I had no sympathy for and was unable to ... read more »
  
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- - MikeKatz
  - Hertfordshire
  - 12 Oct 2004 at 13:06
- - 4
  - 1
  Raging Bull'
  
  It seems fairly self-evident to me, but at least one review I've read has tried to write otherwise: This isn't a boxing movie. We see a few fights, but ... read more »
  
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- - Chatmandu
  - 1 review
  - Liverpool
  - 15 Nov 2007 at 08:46
- - 4
  - 1
  Uninteresting
  
  A story about a horrible bloke being horrible to various people (for no apparent reason most of the time) interspersed with amazing fight scenes, which weren&#... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Sandy
  - 21 Dec 2007 at 23:43

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  With RAGING BULL, Martin Scorsese's personal approach to filmmaking is taken to a whole new level. Shooting in a crisp black and white, Scorsese tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, played with incredible intensity by Robert De Niro, in an Oscar-winning performance. As La Motta ...

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  With RAGING BULL, Martin Scorsese's personal approach to filmmaking is taken to a whole new level. Shooting in a crisp black and white, Scorsese tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, played with incredible intensity by Robert De Niro, in an Oscar-winning performance. As La Motta ...