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Taxi Driver

1976

Martin Scorsese

Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks ...

8.1

121,550

Drama For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), New York City seems like a circle of hell. Driving his cab each night through the bleak Manhattan streets, Bickle observes with fanatical loathing the sleazy lowlifes who comprise most of his fares. By day he haunts the porno theaters of 42nd Street, taking his cues from the violent vision of life portrayed in these movies. As badly as Travis wants to connect with ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		A.D. Murphy Variety	"It's a powerful film and a terrific showcase for the versatility of star Robert De Niro"
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"A bizarre success story about how a sick young man finds his place in an equally sick world"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"One of the few relatively recent films (like 'The Godfather') to join the pantheon of popular classics and great American cinema"
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A vivid, galvanizing portrait of a character so particular that you may be astonished that he makes consistent dramatic sense"
		Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"This is a wholly remarkable film, flaws and all. In fact, even the flaws are significant."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"That Scorsese finds the rejection more painful than the murders is fascinating, because it helps to explain Travis Bickle (...) A brilliant nightmare (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Kathleen Carroll New York Daily News	"What is completely worthy of recognition here is De Niro’s altogether devastating performance (...) What finally makes the movie so compelling is director Martin Scorsese’s scathing vision of New York"
		Rob Humanick Slant	"It may yet be his finest film, while the character of Travis is quite arguably the most enduring creation to be found in the collective works of Scorsese, De Niro, and screenwriter Paul Schrader (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		J. Hoberman Village Voice	"[It] still stuns (...) 'Taxi Driver' was a powerfully summarizing work. It synthesized noir, neorealist, and New Wave stylistics"
		A.A. Dowd AV Club	"Its vision of murderous rage as cathartic release is still disturbing (...) 'Taxi Driver' has a more cumulative brilliance"
		William Thomas Empire	"The blend of Schrader's script, Scorsese's direction and De Niro's performance is both riveting and unnerving. A film that will stay with you forever (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tom Huddleston Time Out	"'Taxi Driver' remains almost impossibly perfect: it’s hard to think of another film that creates and sustains such a unique, evocative tone (...) This is still one of the pinnacles of cinema (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

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