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Minutes, director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro (in the title role) have us mesmerizedīy this individual who is by turns sympathetic, sad, and horrifying. Picture takes the life of boxer Jake La Motta, a Middleweight icon from the '40s and '50s, andĭevelops one of the most compelling character studies ever to reach the big screen. Raging Bull is the perfectĬounterexample, and a brilliant argument for film makers to continue to work in this genre. More than sporadically energetic and marginally entertaining. It's rare that a movie with the moniker "based on the life of." comes across as anything More than a handful of films released between Januand Decemcome closeīio-pics often fall into one of two categories: overblown hero-worship or a dry, dull textbookĪccount. This without hesitation: Raging Bull is a great motion picture, and I would be surprised if

Number of '80s films that I haven't seen, I don't feel qualified to make such a judgment, but I'll say Some critics, including Siskel & Ebert, are on the record stating that Martin Scorsese's Ragingīull, the story of boxer Jake La Motta, is the best film of the '80s.