Review of Raging Bull (1980) by Kathleen Carroll for New York Daily News — 12 Jan 2000
There is no denying the emotional power of these scenes, but one wishes that Scorsese would end his Italian-American guilt trip and stop exposing mean-tempered, self-destructive characters like La Motta, whose personality problems, he apparently feels, stem from their cultural environment.
Raging Bull ultimately has a numbing effect on the brain as if one's head had been pummeled by La Motta's so-called "girlish" fists.
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This review of Raging Bull (1980) was written by Kathleen Carroll and published by New York Daily News on 12 Jan 2000.
Raging Bull has generally received very positive reviews.
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