Taxi Driver (1976)
This is the tale of a veteran coming back from Vietnam. He is very alone and becomes a fanatic about death during the war, and his life deteriorates. When he can’t get out of his misery a woman comes to his rescue, and he starts to murder the criminals.
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February 09, 2017
Taxi Driver's undiminished power owes partially to Scorsese's harnessing of Michael Johnson's restless camerawork.February 08, 2016
De Niro ... manages to be as sad as he is frightening. From his general discomfort with others and his feeble attempts at communication, it's possible to recognize the root cause of Travis' inner distress as a terrible longing for approval.August 30, 2009
[Scorsese] seems to need scripts with well-designed humor and performers with the spirit of Ellen Burstyn to compensate for what seems to be a fundamentally depressed view of life and the belief that sobriety is the equivalent of seriousness.February 09, 2017
A remarkable, disturbing film with an unforgettable musical score from the great Bernard Herrmann.March 10, 2017
... a primal portrait and uncompromising vision carved out of the New York night, the summer heat, and the garbage of the Times Square cesspool.February 06, 2017
Martin Scorsese's unflinching plunge into the darkest recesses of the human soul feels painfully relevant.February 23, 2012
It's a powerful film and a terrific showcase for the versatility of star Robert De Niro.March 03, 2017
As with John Wayne's Ethan Edwards (Travis's spiritual forefather), his thwarted patriarchal possessiveness is not tempered by anything like genuine concern, yet it is enough... to make him a peculiarly American folk hero.October 14, 2016
A bloated yet sporadically electrifying drama...March 15, 2011
Like Werner Herzog's Aguirre or Coppola's Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver is auteurist psychodrama.February 06, 2017
It's a spiritual film, tracking Robert De Niro's 'Nam vet as he takes the wrong path towards cleaning New York's streets, minds and souls.May 10, 2011
Bickle is complex, intriguing and never one-note.