This film is beautifully constructed, directed and acted. Truly a masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2002)

Taxi Driver is probably the greatest put together film of all-time. I understand that for some people, like my mother who enjoys 40s films w/ Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Taxi Driver would be distasteful and unworthy of viewing. But beyond the violent scenes and disturbing dialogues (and certainly monologues) this film has wonderfully artful camera shots, angles and pans. Also, Bernard Herrmann's score, with equal parts tense and soothing melodies, is beautifully woven throughout the movie, usually over montages of street and taxi scenes during Travis' confessional periods at which point he laments the city and his own solitude and lack of direction. Paul Schrader's simple, yet emotionally complex screenplay, is followed very loyally by Scorsese. With great acting from Jodie Foster, Cybil Sheperd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks and most certainly an amazing performance by Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver is one of the greatest films of all-time. Overall, this film is beautifully constructed, directed and acted. Truly a masterpiece.