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- 1976
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
- 1976
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
Summary Scorsese’s 1976 masterpiece is the all-too-real story of a psychotic New York cabby who is driven to violence in an attempt to rescue a teenage prostitute. [Sony]
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Written By: Paul Schrader
- 1976
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
- 1976
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
Taxi Driver
7.7
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Summary Scorsese’s 1976 masterpiece is the all-too-real story of a psychotic New York cabby who is driven to violence in an attempt to rescue a teenage prostitute. [Sony]
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Written By: Paul Schrader
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Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
94
96% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
What a mad and brilliant film it is: 1,000-degree proof Seventies cinema. [30th Anniversary Release]
Forty years on, Taxi Driver remains almost impossibly perfect: it’s hard to think of another film that creates and sustains such a unique, evocative tone, of dread blended with pity, loathing, savage humour and a scuzzy edge of New York cool.
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 1,239 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
1004 Ratings
1004 Ratings
5% Mixed
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
14% Negative
168 Ratings
168 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 1,239 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
1004 Ratings
1004 Ratings
5% Mixed
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
14% Negative
168 Ratings
168 Ratings
Excelente Drama Psicológico. Maravillante equipo de reparto, transfondo bien implementado, y excelente interpretación de Robert de Niro como Travis Bickle. Nada mas que decir, super recomendado
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Great movie. Robert De niro rocks as Travis giving a relatable performance, scorsese shines, the story by paul schrader, and the ending was good.
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Scorsese's seductive, dreamlike imagery and Schrader's voiceover narration draw the audience into Bickle's head and reveal the world through his eyes, which see only ugliness and filth.
It hasn't aged so much as triumphantly metastasized. [20th Anniversary Release]
One of Scorsese's most influential and disturbing films on the big screen. [20th Anniversary Release]
The fact that we experience Travis’s need for an explosion viscerally, and that the explosion itself has the quality of consummation, makes Taxi Driver one of the few truly modern horror films.
The movie has an air of recent discovery, of shocked innocence about the tawdry quality of city life that is gratingly naive. The film goes most disastrously wrong when it tries to turn slice-of-life realism into full-scale melodrama.
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing
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Taxi Driver isn't a bad movie at all. In fact it's above average and I thought about giving it a four but in the end I settled at 3.5/5. First off I would like to acknowledge that Robert de Niro played the **** out of this character and it was great seeing his evolution but that being said, I do have some critical points to make. The movie showcases Travis, a young taxi driver with not much of a purpose in the 70s in New York. He's sour rounded by scum bags who just care about money and sex and he feels like he has a purpose in this world. Travis meets up with Besty, a girl working at a campaign office. He goes out with her for awhile but eventually after taking her to lets say- the wrong place she dumps him. Travis begins to see the world as disgusting and full of irony, however the main plot doesn't arrive until an hour and a half later which is the real problem I have with this movie. Travis meets a minor prostotute and spoiler alert, eventually takes down the people abusing her for cash. Keep in mind that the main plot didn't come until an hour and a half almost. Regardless, it builds Travis character arc very well and the ending was good. Again, the movie just seemed to run way to long and it could have been cut shorter and parts of the ending felt rushed at times. I was also left confused as to why he wanted to kill the senator. Parts like that tried to convey a message that just didn't seem to reach me on a metaphorical level. Overall, the movie was a good movie, maybe not one I would watch again unless I reached the peak of boredom, but it wasn't a bad movie at all.
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It's a simple story with a powerful message - but even De Niro's Oscar-worthy performance can't save a film that suffers from a simplicity and lack of supporting characters.
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I am starting to see a trend in movie reviews that mimic's restaurant reviews. I would call that trend "by the industry and for the industry". I am sure this movie broke a lot of new ground, but the story was disjointed and didn't really flow at all. Restaurant's seem to do the same thing. Food might be inventive with a bunch of flower petals artfully arranged on it will get stunning reviews by critics when everyday eaters might not see the advantage. This movie just had a feel of a collection of 'What would a functional psycho do?' stories. I have seen a lot of classic movies that I do like, so it isn't just that I hate older movies. This movie suffers from a severe case of overrated just like Citizen Kane.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
