Fresh
When has a performer as fully and uniquely sacrificed himself to the moving-picture cause as De Niro?
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Overview
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
De Niro is always absorbing and credible, even when his character isn't.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten
Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know.
Joseph McBride, Variety
Fresh
I can't pan it, but this 1980 fantasy biography of fighter Jake LaMotta seems unquestionably Martin Scorsese's weakest work, at least to that point in his career.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
This film does more than make you think about masculinity, it makes you see it -- in a way that's relevant to all men, not just Bronx boxers.
Jessica Winter, Time Out
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