![]() Yup, as expected, LaMotta’s boxing career reaches its peak when he becomes the middleweight champion of the world. Are we sensing a theme here? Remind me why there are books and movies made about this guy? Because he was prodigious in the ring? LaMotta’s jealousy and suspicion of Vickie leads him to become physically and emotionally abusive towards her, causing her to leave him. (Is this back when child-brides were normalized things?) Regardless, despite their age difference, they have a passionate and tumultuous relationship. LaMotta then meets and falls in love with Vickie (played by Cathy Moriarty), a 15-year-old girl who becomes his second wife. Meanwhile, LaMotta meets and marries his first wife, but he becomes increasingly paranoid and abusive, suspecting her of cheating on him and quickly his first marriage ends in divorce. His manager, his younger brother Joey (played by Joe Pesci), helped guide his career and tried to keep his boxing brother focused. Better yet, he also had a very short fuse, and was easily prone to violence. It’s obvious that early on, LaMotta was a hardcore competitor. He reflects on his life and career as a boxer, and the film then flashes back to his early days as a boxer in the 1940s. He is overweight, retired from boxing, and struggling to make a living. The film opens with middle-aged Jake LaMotta (played by Robert De Niro) getting ready for a comedy club performance. ![]() Top 100 Movies Robert DeNiro’s Raging Bull Walkthrough
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