Robert DeNiro was quite good as Jake LaMotta, a boxer whose anger issues infuse his marriage and affairs. Even though I found DeNiro's character impossible to like, his acting was impressive and the autobiographical nature of the film was interesting - especially seeing how the man presented in the beginning of the film as a sad and not-very-funny comedian came to this pitiful place in life.
Once again, I found the graphic violence in the film off-putting and spent many of the fight scenes looking away from the screen. Still, the violence seemed at least less gratuitous than some of Scorcese's later films.
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