This film does more than make you think about masculinity, it makes you see it -- in a way that's relevant to all men, not just Bronx boxers.
– Jessica Winter,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
I can't pan it, but this 1980 fantasy biography of fighter Jake LaMotta seems unquestionably Martin Scorsese's weakest work, at least to that point in his career.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
14 Mar 2007
rotten:
Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know.
– Joseph McBride,
Variety,
14 Mar 2007
fresh:
De Niro is always absorbing and credible, even when his character isn't.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
4 Aug 2008
fresh:
When has a performer as fully and uniquely sacrificed himself to the moving-picture cause as De Niro?