Not at all up to my expectations.

Rating: 5/10 (14 June 1999)

Raging Bull was a complete let down. The story alone is as old as time. An abusive, over-reacting, over-protective, and over-bearing boxer loses two wives, his children, and his brother. Not by any sort of tragedy, but his own temper and actions. DeNiro, of course, was outstanding, and its always nice to see little Joe Pesci beat the precious body fluid out of some poor sap, but LaMotta was no one special to write about (I guess that's why he took it upon himself). I can't believe one of the most notorized directors of time actually became more notorized because of "Raging Bull."