The rise and fall of the prizefighter Jake LaMotta.
A remarkable masterpiece in black and white carving a character study out of the downward spiral of its protagonist's life.
Halliwell****: "Tough, compelling, powerfully made ringside melodrama. A poll of American critics voted it the best movie of the 1980s."
Maltin****: "Extraordinarily compelling...That such an unappealing man could inspire so vivid a portrait is a tribute to the collaboration Scorsese, De Niro, and writers Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. There's not a false note in characterization or period detail."
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