De Niro's performance is better than the film itself

Rating: 8/10 (22 June 2001)

Raging Bull will always go down as a cinematic classic not so much in my opinion for the film itself but for one of the most amazing acting performances ever seen.De Niro goes from a very fit healthy man to a very fat overweight loser. I doubt an actor has ever gone through so much for a film and this film just shows why the man is the most respected actor in Hollywood. As for the film , im not sure it actually is as good as i could have been but it's great to see Joe Pesci teaming up with Robert De Niro again .
According to the credits at the start of the Film Jake Le Motta actually had a say in the film and if that is so he is a very brave man because he comes across as a nasty piece of work that deserved every thing that came to him. I also think the boxing scenes are very poorly filmed, they are way over the top and as any boxing fan will tell you , boxing matches are nothing like what we see in the film. I would love to have seen this film made on colour because im not sure that the black and white worked as well as they would have liked but i'm sure most people will disagree with that. 8 out of 10.