Review of Taxi Driver (1976) by Pixarlover — 29 Mar 2020

Honestly, this is one of the greatest films ever made; and it's one of my personal favorites. It's a movie that doesn't pull its punches with showing the seedy underbelly of Manhattan. It shows a struggling Vietnam War veteran Travis Bickle trying to break away from his lonely way of life but always falls short of success because he simply isn't on the same emotional level as everyone else because of his depression and being a disillusioned war vet.

This all changes when Travis encounters an underage hooker named Iris; even when he's not on the Vietnam battlefield, someone needs his help now more than ever, in New York. It's a character study film that's still exceptionally well done almost half a century since it was released.