Well Done but Poorly Marketed

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2015)

I was expecting a lot from Taxi Driver, which is appropriate considering it's ratings. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations.
Taxi Driver's biggest problem was that it was poorly marketed. It claimed that the plot was about a taxi driver trying to save a prostitute, and it was...for the last 20 or so minutes. Not that the other 1 hour and 40 minutes was uninteresting, it just wasn't what I expected.
The acting is done very well. De Niro sells his character extremely well in particular, and makes him feel very real. The other actors are great too, but De Niro really takes the cake.
The plot was still interesting, despite the poor advertisement. It was simple for the majority of it, yet it was still interesting. It was well-paced and at times funny.
Overall Taxi Driver is a solid movie that was just poorly marketed. When I read about it it sounded more like an action/drama/crime movie, but it was more drama than anything. I'll probably watch it again, this time with a more knowledgeable mindset now that I've seen it once. Nevertheless, it's well done and I probably would recommend it.