A Unique look at the destructive nature of jealousy

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2017)

Raging bull is film that plays from to its strengths, with a strong lead, and very stylistic choices in shots and more obviously, color palate.
The film lies heavily on the award-winning performance of Robert De Niro as he portrays boxer Jake LaMotta, in a role fueled by jealousy primarily focused on sexual inadequacies, he sees in all interactions. However, this sometimes makes the film hard to watch as some instances of this within the film are hard to enjoy due to the very uncomfortable emotions they swell up with in its viewers. Other strengths are the framing of certain shots within the film, evident in some of LaMotta's boxing matches, which insures that no matter how many fights the film shows they never get tiring to watch. The film easily follows it decade spanning tale never missing a beat as to why each character's emotional circumstances.
All in all, its solid film, with its only failing occurring in my eyes with the uncomfortable nature of the story. And the sometimes hard to watch scenes of our protagonist perpetually making the wrong decisions due to his character's jealous mind. So, in other words the films greatest strength is at times its greatest weakness.