Scorsese's best is an undeniably flawless masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2005)

Extraordinarily compelling masterpiece is the greatest sports film ever made, and certainly one of the greatest films made on the face of this earth. The acting (especially by DeNiro, who won the richly deserved Best Actor Oscar), the cinematography (this was filmed in black and white) the Oscar winning editing, Scorsese's brilliant direction (huge Oscar snub, he clearly directed Raging Bull so much better than Robert Redford directed Ordinary People that year) and the realistic boxing scenes. Not one shot in this film has one error in characterization or period detail. The film was nominated for 8 Oscars- it should have won all- but only won 2 Oscars, Best Actor (Robert De Niro) and best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker)