Jake LaMotta (Robert De Nero) and Joey LaMotta (Joe Pesci)
He ends up going to jail for allowing underage girls into his club.Īfter being released, the movie ends with him hyping himself up before a comedy act, imitating Marlon Brando’s “I Could Have Been a Contender” scene from On the Waterfront. After retiring from boxing, he opens a night club trying to recapture his importance. This success doesn’t enter his personal life though, as he alienates everyone important to him including Vickie and Joey. Rut Roh.Įventually, he is reinstated and accomplishes his dream of being a middle weight champion.
This leads to a derailment of his boxing championship dreams requiring him to throw a match to regain mob trust which then leads to his suspension in boxing. Jake gets extremely jealous when it involves Vickie and he ends up beating up important mob people in the process of his rages. Jake begins to be interested in a 15 year old girl, Vickie (played by Cathy Moriarty) even though he is married. It opens with a loss in the boxing ring leading Jake and his brother Joey (played by Joe Pesci) into game planning how to get him to challenge for the championship. The story is a biopic that follows the events of Jake LaMotta’s life (who is played by Robert De Niro). While the individual pieces are solid in their own way, they never really coalesce into something bigger due to the overall narrative missing a hook.ĭe Niro after another 100 pounds and a fake nose. This film has a lot of pieces: a boxing angle, character study, beautiful black-and-white cinematography, artistic flare. All of this is crammed into a predictable trite: the amazing boxer who is both protagonist/antagonist because of his inner demons. Robert De Niro with a BMI <25.Īcademy Awards: Nominated for eight while winning two for Best Actor (De Niro) and Best Film Editing. The most exciting part of this movie was watching Robert De Niro get fat.
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