It could have been Great!

Rating: 3/10 (30 March 2002)

Scorsese missed the target on a film which could have been GREAT! He filled it with petty, banal,trite palaver betwixt Deniro, Peschi and the wife. This should have been inundated with boxing, boxing,and boxing. Family matters are not necessary in this film except for a minute portion. Scorsese should have seen this flaw in the rushes. To me the film was just a crashing bore. Deniro and all were superb in their roles. The excitement is in the boxing scenes. Jake LaMotta is a living legend and his four fight with Sugar Ray Robinson are historical. They were not given enough attention as were his other bouts.