The raging bull that was Jake LaMotta.

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2006)

As another reviewer put it, Raging Bull is "easy to admire, difficult to love", and he is dead on, but I loved it, but not without being heavily conflicted over it. Sure, I still gave it 10/10, but that means excellent, not perfect. Some scenes are uncomfortable to watch, even by myself, such as when Jake smacks Vickie. Robert DeNiro's finest performance by far, he earned that Oscar for best actor. Joe Pesci should have won best supporting actor, and Cathy Moriarty should have won best supporting actress. It's ridiculous to think that to this day Martin Scorsese still hasn't won best director; he should have won it for this movie. I haven't seen all of his movies, so I can't say if this is his best, but I don't need to see the rest to say this is definitely one of the best movies I've ever seen, and one of DeNiro's best.