Taxi Driver Reviews and Ratings


  • firstsonxb
    October 27, 2008
    firstsonxb
    very cool movie. the blood was intense though. very interesting to watch though.
  • laVenrose
    October 20, 2008
    laVenrose
    On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.


    Rated: (R)

    Directed by: Martin Scorsese

    Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense

    Starring: Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster
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    THE MOVIE OUTLINE

    "New York City cab driver Travis Bickle constantly, almost obsessively, reflects on the ugly corruption of life around him, and becomes increasingly disturbed over his own loneliness and alienation. In nearly every phase of his life, Bickle remains a complete outsider, failing to make emotional contact with anyone. Unable to sleep night after night, Travis haunts the local pornography emporiums to find diversion, and begins desperately thinking about an escape from his depressing existence. "


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    MY APPRAISAL


    A CLASSIC CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT

    A story of one man's soul, trapped in his own mind hell are always fascinating. A stunning performance from Robert DeNiro in his early age and Jodie Foster completely deserved her Oscar nomination. Don't say you love movies without ever witnessing this first Scorsese's masterpiece.

    Taxi Driver is disturbing, haunting, and a mind-blowing work of genius.

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    "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? OK. "
  • horcrux
    October 19, 2008
    horcrux
    I heard it wasn't so good, but it's like a cult classic!
  • StarCrossedVoyager
    October 19, 2008
    StarCrossedVoyager
    At first it was really boring and not much going on. But when you look into it deeper there is a lot going on, to do with the characters. Great twist near the end though that's what made this movie.
  • cathy47
    October 18, 2008
    cathy47
    This movie was just straight up weird nonsense but it was good. I seriously had no clue where this was headed at all. His gun obsession was maddening =P
  • scratonspeed
    October 13, 2008
    scratonspeed
    A character study that is aptly directed, but feels a bit disconnected. DeNiro is fascinating, and a very young Foster is chillingly convincing.
  • thegodthatfailedbn
    October 9, 2008
    thegodthatfailedbn
    Travis Bickle: Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man.
  • KLFilmmaker
    October 8, 2008
    KLFilmmaker
    One of the best films of the 70's. Solidified Scorsese's reputation as one of the best directors of his generation.
  • tichel13
    October 6, 2008
    tichel13
    "Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me?" yes I am talking to you go watch this movie
  • zachclairville
    October 5, 2008
    zachclairville
    I don't get what all the praise is about on this one. It's ploddingly slow, bogged down by thick, forced mood, and eventually ends up nowhere.
  • Bader1985
    October 4, 2008
    Bader1985
    "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?"
  • engrymfilm
    September 30, 2008
    engrymfilm
    One of my all time favorites. One of the few films I knew nothing about when watching and it had such an impact.
  • hunnybear3354
    September 30, 2008
    hunnybear3354
    Loved Robert D. in this one. Jodie pulled in a great performance!
  • willieclancy
    September 28, 2008
    willieclancy
    De Niro and Scorsese at there best.A classic film you just have to love.The ending was unbelievable.
  • LeBunsen
    September 28, 2008
    LeBunsen
    "Taxi Driver" shouldn't be taken as a New York film; it's not about a city but about the weathers of a man's soul, and out of all New York he selects just those elements that feed and reinforce his obsessions. The man is Travis Bickle, ex-Marine, veteran of Vietnam, composer of d...( read more)utiful anniversary notes to his parents, taxi driver, killer. The movie rarely strays very far from the personal, highly subjective way in which he sees the city and lets it wound him.

    It's a place, first of all, populated with women he cannot have: Unobtainable blondwomen who might find him attractive for a moment, who might join him for a cup of coffee, but who eventually will have to shake their heads and sigh, "Oh, Travis!" because they find him ... well, he's going crazy, but the word they use is "strange."
    And then, even more cruelly, the city seems filled with men who can have these women -- men ranging from cloddish political hacks to street-corner pimps who, nevertheless, have in common the mysterious ability to approach a woman without getting everything wrong.

    Travis could in theory look for fares anywhere in the city, but he's constantly drawn back to 42nd Street, to Times Square and the whores, street freaks, and porno houses. It's here that an ugly kind of sex comes closest to the surface -- the sex of buying, selling, and using people. Travis isn't into that, he hates it, but Times Square feeds his anger. His sexual frustration is channeled into a hatred for the creeps he obsessively observes. He tries to break the cycle -- or maybe he just sets himself up to fail again.

    He sees a beautiful blonde working in the storefront office of a presidential candidate. She goes out with him a couple of times, but the second time he takes her to a hard-core film and she walks out in disgust and won't have any more to do with him. All the same, he calls her for another date, and it's here that we get close to the heart of the movie. The director, Martin Scorsese, gives us a shot of Travis on a pay telephone -- and then, as the girl is turning him down, the camera slowly dollies to the right and looks down a long, empty hallway. Pauline Kael's review called this shot -- which calls attention to itself -- a lapse during which Scorsese was maybe borrowing from Antonioni. Scorsese calls this shot the most important one in the film.
    Why? Because, he says, it's as if we can't bear to watch Travis feel the pain of being rejected. This is interesting, because later, when Travis goes on a killing rampage, the camera goes so far as to adopt slow motion so we can see the horror in greater detail.

    That Scorsese finds the rejection more painful than the murders is fascinating, because it helps to explain Travis Bickle, and perhaps it goes some way toward explaining one kind of urban violence. Travis has been shut out so systematically, so often, from a piece of the action that eventually he has to hit back somehow.

    "Taxi Driver" is a brilliant nightmare and like all nightmares it doesn't tell us half of what we want to know. We're not told where Travis comes from, what his specific problems are, whether his ugly scar came from Vietnam -- because this isn't a case study, but a portrait of some days in his life. There's a moment at a political rally when Travis, in dark glasses, smiles in a strange way that reminds us of those photos of Bremer just before he shot Wallace. The moment tells us nothing, and everything: We don't know the specifics of Travis's complaint, but in a chilling way we know what we need to know of him. The film's a masterpiece of suggestive characterization; Scorsese's style selects details that evoke emotions, and that's the effect he wants. The performances are odd and compelling: He goes for moments from his actors, rather than slowly developed characters. It's as if the required emotions were written in the margins of their scripts: Give me anger, fear, dread.

    Robert De Niro, as Travis Bickle, is as good as Brando at suggesting emotions even while veiling them from us (and in many of his close-ups, Scorsese uses almost subliminal slow motion to draw out the revelations). Cybill Shepherd, as the blond goddess, is correctly cast, for once, as a glacier slowly receding toward humanity. And there's Jodie Foster, chillingly cast as a twelve-year-old prostitute whom Travis wants to "save." Harvey Keitel, a veteran of all of Scorsese's films (he was the violent maniac in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore") is the pimp who controls her, and he's got the right kind of toughness that's all bluff.

    These people are seen almost in flashes, as if darkness threatens to close over them altogether. "Taxi Driver" is a hell, from the opening shot of a cab emerging from stygian clouds of steam to the climactic killing scene in which the camera finally looks straight down. Scorsese wanted to look away from Travis's rejection; we almost want to look away from his life. But he's there, all right, and he's suffering.
  • Ivan6655321
    September 26, 2008
    Ivan6655321
    The Greatest film ever made. Scorsese and DeNiro's best film. A very realistic film showing a man's descent into madness. DeNiro couldn't get much better than this one.
  • surfaceartstudios
    September 22, 2008
    surfaceartstudios
    One of Scorsese's best films and by far one of the greatest films to ever come out of the decadent 1970s.
    A very effective and disturbing portrait of what urban decay and unbearable loneliness can do to a fragile mind.
    Most critics see Travis Bickle (DeNiro) as some psycho...( read more) on the prowl and granted he does have his problems but deep down he is just a tortured soul begging to be understood he sees the young prostitute (then 12 year old Jodie Foster) as an extension of himself which forces his hand into action as he tries to save her from the hell that she's mired herself in. He also tries to reach out towards a woman hes attracted to (Cybil Sheppard) but fails miserably when their vastly different worlds collide.
    Fantastic acting performances all around including Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, and Albert Brooks in rather small but very effective roles.
    New York City, the Checker cab, and Bernard Herrman's haunting score (his last before his death) are supporting characters themselves that help bring this brilliantly directed film to life.
  • g0disd3ad
    September 20, 2008
    g0disd3ad
    Classic, if you haven't seen it, see it
    DeNiro's amazing, and so is Scorsese
  • simplymj
    September 20, 2008
    simplymj

    On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.




    Directed by : Martin Scorsese
    Genres : Drama, Mystery & Suspense
    Released : February 8, 1976
    Casts
    ...( read more): Robert De Niro,Cybill Shepherd,Jodie Foster,Harvey Keitel,Albert Brooks









    TAXI DRIVER HAS OFFICIALLY PROVEN THAT OSCAR IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS MOVIE!








    Taxi Driver took a tragic look inside a man's lonesome heart,and what man capable of doing in most depressing situation.Travis Bickle,is a lonely,impotent,insomniac Taxi Driver in New York City,whose pains,loneliness,rejection is translated into this utterly disturbing,paranoia movie.




    Taxi Driver,is a nightmare for everyone that is,evokes all the emotion brilliantly into it's masterpiece camera work,and it's marvelous acting,from the heartwarming opening scene to the climactic shooting scenes,which brilliantly shot from above.









    Scorsese,wants the audience to feel all the darkness this movie exudes,and it didn't fail a second.Every second of this movie is a strike hit,dark,creep,and thrilling.






    As for me,Taxi Driver is the most powerful and controversial movie in the history of American Cinema,and triumphant for it's archievement in filmmaking and gritty realism.











    All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take 'em to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won't even take spooks. Don't make no difference to me."




    Travis Bickle
  • flugendorf
    September 19, 2008
    flugendorf
    This has to be experienced, can't really be described: an atmospheric guided tour of a lonely man's descent toward violent madness.
  • NathanMuirr
    September 19, 2008
    NathanMuirr
    its the best. its the best .its the best
  • eclectickimmer
    September 16, 2008
    eclectickimmer
    Robert Deniro scared me in this roll mainly because I've known men like him. Sick. I thought Jodie Foster was incredible! I am a fan of Martin Scorsese's work.
  • jonnycrumley
    September 15, 2008
    jonnycrumley
    A Scorsese classic. Although not the most pleasent experience, Taxi Driver gives us a visionary director who's not scared of provoking his audience.
  • johnhmstr
    September 10, 2008
    johnhmstr
    Deniro's dark solum and yet stunning performance as a vietnam vet, loner finding his way through a messed up time strikes a cord with the little bit of rebel loner in all of us. In my opinion one of if not the best performances of Deniro's career.
  • NIGHTRIDER111
    September 10, 2008
    NIGHTRIDER111
    GOOD MOVIE WORTH WATCHING
  • victoriasilverwolf
    September 7, 2008
    victoriasilverwolf
    A classic study of the darkest side of the human mind.
  • dredzag
    September 5, 2008
    dredzag
    DeNiro paints the perfect picture of mental illness and Jodie Foster as always is just brilliant.
  • muelrox1
    September 5, 2008
    muelrox1
    wow, just wow. I can't believe the transformation he went through. To imagine that if he had assassinated Palantine then he would no doubt be remembered differently.
  • CxxOgdenxxSince91
    September 2, 2008
    CxxOgdenxxSince91
    just an overall terrific movie, de niro did a good job and this movie was great to watch.
  • milichkoto13
    September 2, 2008
    milichkoto13
    I guess everyone could relate to Travis...we all have crazy thoughts and just a few of us would have the courage to make them reality,after all the decisions we make is the main thing that defines how our lives will turn out
  • bballer8691
    August 30, 2008
    bballer8691
    thou shalt not fuck with travis bickle
  • alvo4065
    August 30, 2008
    alvo4065
    One clasic movie.
    The history en cuestion is violent.
    The best of the movie is the interpretacion of Robert de Niro .
  • JATbobDYLAN93
    August 29, 2008
    JATbobDYLAN93
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    A truly Master Piece. one of the best DeNiro film to now. its remind me about another story I read earlier. the coolest part was the shooting scene ofcorse.
  • XxLebaneseGirlXx
    August 28, 2008
    XxLebaneseGirlXx
    Wow ,another classic I can now cross off the list.I am falling for De Niro just a lot more with every movie I see him in.But this was very deep.Poor guy just really wanted to do the right thing.Its kind of sad he isolated himself away from his family and everyone and was so incre...( read more)dibly lonely.This was extremely good,Very Intense,some funny moments lol and a Jodie Foster so young it was incredible.Really glad I got to see this.
  • BillyL96
    August 26, 2008
    BillyL96
    A landmark film that will be seen and talked about for many generations to come.
  • mabear2005
    August 21, 2008
    mabear2005
    Great classic movie. Wonderful
  • Rewster
    August 21, 2008
    Rewster
    Robert De Niro's terrific performance as the lonesome sociopath Travis Bickle drives Martin Scorsese's first masterpiece. Scorsese sets a dark miserable tone in his character study of alienation and sickness.
  • goveri
    August 20, 2008
    goveri
    dark and dense, but not quite what I expected...
  • rishi8512
    August 16, 2008
    rishi8512
    I loved this movie...robert de niro is a legend and this is his favourite role.
    nothing bad to say about it.
    many quotable lines that have been referred in pop culture several times.
    A MUST SEE
  • pacoelpato
    August 15, 2008
    pacoelpato
    Mucho se ha dicho de esta cinta, tanto, que ya es considerada una pelicula de culto...todo en ella es grande y perfecto...cada dialogo, cada escena, y cada momento es inolvidable... tal vez sea la actuacion de DeNiro, o la joven Jodie Foster, tal vez sea la violencia que hay en e...( read more)lla...Scorsese iniciaba asi su legado, con una obra maestra.
  • kristofvanweert
    August 15, 2008
    kristofvanweert
    "You talking to me? YOU talking to me?! Who the f*** do you think you're talking to!!" Who can forget that scene! GREAT movie about some paranoid ex militairy that can't sleep to boot ...
  • bignosedesign
    August 14, 2008
    bignosedesign
    Back when they made real movies
  • giovannythegodfather
    August 13, 2008
    giovannythegodfather
    When I first saw Taxi Driver at the age of 15, it just blew me away. I never thought that this film would be as shocking and as violent as it would be. The film basically succeeds in showing you many dark aspects of society, and the alienation of the same. Directed by Martin Scor...( read more)sese and written by Paul Schrader, the movie is a perfect example of anguish and self-redemption as well as a critique on modern society.

    Travis Bickle is a disoriented Vietnam Vet, who?s suffering a mid-life crisis, possibly due to his military service. He decides to take the job as a taxi driver to counter arrest his insomnia and to find something to do. The life around him is so sordid and violent that he becomes an outcast, a lone drifter alienated by society. Thanks to his own misunderstood behavior he suffers a frustrating relationship with Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), whose an aide working for Charles Palantine's (Leonard Harris) presidential campaign. Feeling more angry, depressed and near suicidal, Travis decides to help and save a young prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster in her breakthrough performance) from damning herself in the dark world and from the predator pimp Sport (Harvey Keitel), while the pressure from his near psychotic instincts against society pushes him even more to commit an act of violence.

    The film is basically a character study on Travis, plus a dark look at society through the lens of the Film-noir genre, which is basically a study of the dark side of humanity. The film takes it a step further since its the city, New York, which is the center of all sins and wrongdoings, filled with all types of shit that include violence, sex, and drug use. The result of this is basically Travis himself, he's a victim of society, and he rants about the scum that life is filled with and that someday "a real rain will come and wash the scum of the street." The film uses an interesting technique, already used in the film The Searchers, which consists of an outcast (Travis in this case), who after obsession and his alienation, tries to save someone from the abyss, hence this the character is purified, the person is taken back to normal society, yet the "hero" remains anti-hero because he's still an outcast and he'll always be a lonely drifter, segregated from society.

    The metaphors that this film uses are perfectly well executed and also thanks to the dark shots and flashing white and red lights, the film also develops its atmosphere of depression, suspense and at the end utter shock. Also two of the many key components are Paul Schrader?s script, which takes you smoothly into the underground world of the dark, plus Martin Scorsese's direction is also top notch.

    The performances were awesome, with Robert De Niro pulling of the role of Travis Bickle with style, his Oscar nominated performance is so believable as if he were living the character himself. Jodie Foster really impresses on here breakthrough role also Oscar nominated and the supporting performances Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks and Shepherd were also up to standards.

    In the end, I recommend this film to anyone, since the character study and the modern film-noir techniques, plus the message and shocks are worth watching.

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