Jackie Brown

Pros: It's always good to see Pam Grier getting work. Disc is loaded with extras!
Cons: Overly long and pointless in places.

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Pros: Direction/Script, Authenticity, Music, Look, & Cast notably Grier, Jackson, & Forrester.
Cons: Some Might Not Like the Restraint or Lack of Violence.

***In Memory of Eddie "Mr. Blue" Bunker (1933-2005)*** After the overwhelming success of 1994's Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino was becoming the new king of not just independent cinema but cinema itself. With his stylized and ...

Pros: Possibly Tarantino's best film. De Niro. Samuel L. Jackson.
Cons: Lots of dialogue (but it's cool)

I like to think I know my cinema. I can bandy the word “noir” around when I get confused, rattle off a dozen French director’s names to impress the chicks, and slag the mass-produced Hollywood blockbusters like I’d be the first to knock $20 million back...

Pros: A more mature Quentin Tarantino film, with his dialogue and style left intact
Cons: Some find it overlong and overdull; I sure as heck don't

I waited a long time to see "Jackie Brown", because I heard it wasn't any good, and I didn't want to tarnish the memory of "Reservoir Dogs" or "Pulp Fiction", two of the most influential films in my personal cinematic history. Both films were kinetic,...

Pros: Great marriage of Elmore Leonard, Pam Grier with matured Tarrantino. See it again.
Cons: None-really.

Superb DVD package for a film that gets better with repeated viewings. More will appreciate with time like they have done with films like Scorcese's King of Comedy, Altman's Long Goodbye and Soderbergh's Out of Sight.

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Pros: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Forster.
Cons: If not a Tarantino movie, it would have been trimmed to 110 minutes.

The good news about JACKIE BROWN (Tarantino, 1997) is the comeback of Pam Grier; the bad news is almost everything else about the film.

When I saw it at the Regency Theater in San Francisco, the Management had stationed an usher on the...

Pros: Excellent Acting, good story, amusing, intriguing characters, good pace
Cons: Some of the dialog, or more accurately, the diction of criminals.

While nine out of ten reviewers might recommend the drug-filled, openly violent (and bloody), foul-language flick "Pulp Fiction," by Quentin Tarrentino, "Jackie Brown" is the best work of his I've yet seen. Well, to be fair to Tarrentino, I've been...

Pros: Gritty, evocative storytelling. Excellent acting
Cons: Somewhat violent. Maybe a bit too subtle for modern movie buffs

What makes Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" work so well could be summed up simply as transparency. This seems unlikely from an individual known for preceding himself with his own reputation, but with this film Tarantino proves that his...

Pros: Jackson, DeNiro, dialogue
Cons: Poor execution of the plot, too much focus on unimportant elements

Being a young film buff I haven't seen the supposedly masterful "Pulp Fiction". But I've heard the stories and criticisms of Tarantino and what a master of dialogue and characters he is. Coupled with an Elmore Leonard novel and a talented cast...

Pros: see review
Cons: see review

It's funny how basic truths can be misleading. The promotions for "Jackie Brown" mention something about six players after a half million dollars in cash, while at the same time playing each other, and for the most part this is true. However, the hook to...

Pros: script, direction, cast, originality
Cons: violence, profanity

Watching "Jackie Brown" for the second time, still somewhat confused from its intricate plot of criminal double crosses, I was reminded of "Get Shorty", which had the same bewildering complexity. It turns out that both films were...

Pros: Inspired casting, top-notch performers.
Cons: None

Quentin Tarantino is back in full force, directing his first full feature film since 1994’s Pulp Fiction. And while Jackie Brown has the same unique direction and great “trashy” dialogue of Pulp Fiction, it also has a maturity and discipline that...

Pros: great characters, great dialogue
Cons: way too long!, confusing/ambiguous message

Having seen Jackie Brown twice all the way through, I was able to avoid getting caught up in the “Tarantino-esque” nuances of the movie and could look a bit deeper at the details in the movie. As several of Quentin Tarantino’s works have done before it,...

Pros: fine direction, acting, and action
Cons: weak ending, off-putting violence

The opening shot of Quentin Tarentino's Jackie Brown is nothing less than a love letter to '70s "blaxploitation" actress Pam Grier, handily demonstrating that Grier, at age 48, has still got it. Happily, so does Tarentino, though it's a bit of...

Pros: Excellent character study, brilliant direction
Cons: It's a bit slow, and lacks some of the characteristic Tarantinoesque touches that have made him famous

Anyone who felt that Quentin Tarantino's work in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction was merely smoke and mirrors should drop what they're doing and go see Jackie Brown. This is Tarantino's third and most recent movie, and in some ways...