Review of Raging Bull (1980) by Tal G — 08 Apr 2018
Robert De Niro is an amazing actor.
I completely bought into his performance, he really nailed the role. His behavior, his mannerisms, the way he spoke, carried himself. He basically turned himself into LaMotta. It was a bit uncomfortable watching him, felt like you wouldn't want to give this guy a wrong look or word. The person he portrayed was despicable, an animal, but it was done so well and so realistically, you gotta applaud him.
The flow of the story was just fine, biographical, going from point to point, it's the nature of biopics. It wasn't bad, but there's nothing else to say about it.
Joe Pesci did a great job as Jake's brother. Always love seeing this sharp little actor work his magic, even if a lot of his characters feel a little bit the same.
The music was beautiful, the black and white visuals worked well enough for me, the makeup was insanely good (Robert's looks from the beginning to the end of this movie were incredibly well done), a lot of great moody shots in this movie, and the casting was mostly really well done. The exception being the actress who played Vickie, whose character at the beginning of the movie was supposedly 15 years old. Looked way older. Heh, I guess this complaint kinda ties in with the story of Jake. Funny.
All in all, this movie didn't knock me out. I can recognize the artistic merit of this movie, but I didn't connect with it emotionally. And that's a bit weird, since I've boxed for almost all my teenage years. Still, a quality movie.
This review of Raging Bull (1980) was written by Tal G on 08 Apr 2018.
Raging Bull has generally received very positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
