Sadhaka
12May12
Favorite Tarantino movie.
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LT
4Mar12
Encompasses everything I love about QT but unlike the Kill Bills, it doesn’t become his reflection. It decidedly belongs to the characters, and their humanity. Which is observed thru detail; from conversation to ritual. Jackie and Max’s relationship provides a soul unseen in QT’s work. Real. A perfect balancing act of cinematic indulgence and substance, the best of QT’s LA trilogy, therefore his best, period.
Justabloodygame
29Feb12
Tarantino's finest, and most thematically mature work is grounded by Pam Grier's performance as an aging woman seeking to secure her future. One of the few films I could literally watch at any time.
Jim Laczkowski
28Jan12
It's leisurely paced, but like Inglorious Bastards, it's a damn-near perfect movie in every single way. I think I enjoy revisiting this one at least once a year since it came out, and seeing it on Blu-Ray was a real treat. GRADE: A
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Jack Lehtonen
18Dec11
"Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind..." Chris Small is utterly right, Tarantino remakes Rio Bravo. Yet through his own groove. What results is a subtle meditation on aging, augmented with relaxed contemplations on romance and "cool". Forster and Grier's wisdom shines through the usual Tarantino " cool. What we get is one of the 1990's greatest masterpieces, L.A. as Hawks, weary men and women surviving.
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Joshua Richeson
6Dec11
Noted: it worked here to repeat one song to thread scenes together, with epic effect.
Ryan Clark
3Oct11
Tarantino's best movie hands down. It really had to grow on me, though. It gets better and better with each viewing. Most of Tarantino's work, while containing sufficiently drawn characters, usually focuses on the big picture. Jackie Brown is about the little details, which is why you really need to see it more than once to absorb it all. A brilliant masterpiece that I believe will, in time, get its due.
Shelley
12Jun11
a very unexpecting film; this one has a lot of twists, turns, and tricks so if that's your thing, you will love this movie. at first I was sort of bored by the plot but as it thickens (quickly) you really get into the story and what unfolds is a great story. I didnt find any terribly boring parts. def worth watching!
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WhatsUpWill
22May11
Has its fair share of problems. Too long, unnecessary characters, it gets kind of boring in places, but Pam Grier's performance and Tarantino's subdued direction make an enjoyable film. A near tearjerking finale too.
Tom Barnard
12May11
It's Tarantino's most mature work, and one that has grown on me immensely over the years. It is a tribute to the blaxploitation films he loves, but unlike his other films, the references blend seamlessly with the narrative and aren't distracting or winking at you.
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Nick Piccolino
5Apr11
Tarantino's most mature film, and a lot of fun to watch. Pam Grier & Robert Forster's chemistry on screen is something to behold
yroc
16Mar11
Tarantino's most overlooked film, Jackie Brown is a stylish crime-noir that gives homage to 70's cinema, in particular those of the Blacksploitation and classic noir genres. Grier gives a wonderful performance as does Forster and Jackson, but I think Keaton is an unsung gem in this film. Great dialogue, fantastic music and wonderful style from QT are all on display.
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rorydean
28Oct10
@Craig B -- Really? How do you compare Jackie Brown with Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs? Do you know Tarantino also wrote the Tony Scott movie True Romance? If you haven't seen True Romance you must - for the dialog alone and some pretty amazing scenes with the late great Dennis Hopper, among many others. Walken too. Hmmm. Can't agree with the Oscar thought but I can see how a film like Brown would be passed over.
rorydean
28Oct10
Jackie Brown signals the beginning of Tarantino's down slide as he moves away from the style that made him famous and embraces whole heartedly the less impressive action-thriller-concept films that would follow. You'll still find some memorable performances by top actors with trademark Tarantino dialog and scenarios but it is obvious he is going in another direction after this and that direction is bad.
Craig B
11Jul10
Finally saw this after years of thinking to not bother. Glad I did. May be my fave of Tarantino's, along with a grab bag of bits from both Kill Bills. Smartass dialogue kept to minimum (feels like it comes from the character's mouths, not his); his best use of pop-soul hits (particularly a personal all-time fave, Bobby Womack's 'Across110th Street'); and editing was pin sharp & worked with film gloriously, instead of being too tricksy and convoluted (see Pulp Fiction). And the excellent Pam Grier & Robert Forster didn't win lead Oscars?? But Hunt & Nicholson did, for As Good As It Gets? Daft and wrong, right there.
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Greg Schaal
14Feb10
The best of Tarantion's Crime films. The greatest Elmore Leonard adaptation too. QT got it down solid. Too bad so many other Leonard stories have been made into terrible films. "Stick" is great book but you'd never know it from watching the Burt Reynolds film.
Daniel S.
31Jan10
JACKIE BROWN was the first Tarantino movie with just the right amount of words. I mean by this remark that the auto-referential and rather pointless logorrhea that characterized RESERVOIR DOGS and PULP FICTION was quasi-absent of this film. JACKIE BROWN is the adult movie of the little genius of American cinema. Maybe because the Elmore Leonard novel was a skeleton solid enough to support Quentin's beef. Masterpiece.
