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Summary: A great movie.
Review: I think the main reason many critics and audiences spoke so low of this movie when it first came out was because so many people were expecting a "Pulp Fiction, part II." I still like Pulp better, but Jackie Brown is still a very good movie. The performances are top notch, and the story line is steady and gripping. I will admit to finding it a bit long, but in end it all seemed to work out for the best. The abrupt ending was quick and eqasy and very likeable. The characters seemed real and very down to earth, even the ones we grew to hat. As always, Sam Jackson gives a fine performances, Pam Greer is irresistable, and even Bridget Fonda, who I normally hate, was fun to watch. I thought Robert Forster was great and extremely belivalbe as a simple bail bondsman who falls for Greer's Jackie. I was surprised to see Bobby DeNiro with such a small part, with such little dialogue, but he worked it well. This is a very good movie that I highly recomend, with a warning to be patient.
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Summary: underrated
Review: I liked this movie much more after seeing it a few times and being able to absorb the visual techinque and dialogue. Tarantino is a great movie scribe and everyone seems to want to copy him since Pulp Fiction, so far no one has come close. The movie is too long but worth the wait as the end pay off is terrific. Grier, Jackson and all included give great performances. Critics have blasted De Niro's performance as being to oafish and uninvolving yet I saw him as the most humorous part of the film. Tarantino will, however need to develop his skills at directing films outside of the crime genre and if he does, he may be regarded as one of the greats.
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Summary: Elmore Leonard + Quentin Tarantino = a great movie
Review: Jackie Brown...what can I say? Excellent. I loved it. Elmore Leonard is the BEST crime writer ever, and Quentin Tarantino is the best crime director ever...so, they are such a great match. I won't give anything away, but the final scene at the mall had me on the edge of my seat. The music is perfect for the climax. I love Elmore Leonard, and Jackie Brown is one of the best Leonard movie adaptations I've seen. Some other good Elmore Leonard book adaptations: Stick, Out of Sight, Get Shorty. Another plus is that I've heard that Tarantino has bought the rights to 4 more of Elmore Leonards books: one, a western, called Forty Lashes Less One; and three crime novels, Bandits, Killshot, and Freaky Deaky. I can't wait until that happens! Jackie Brown is no Pulp Fiction, so Fiction fans may be dissapointed, but if you watch with an open mind, and you are a crime movie fan, you'll love Jackie Brown.
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Summary: Pam Grier kicks a**!!! (And "Pulp Fiction" stinks!!!)
Review: I never heard of Pam Grier or Robert Forster before I saw this movie; in my opinion, these two made "Jackie Brown" surpass all of Quentin Tarantino's previous work. By far!Pam Grier is cool, calm and sexy as stewardess Jackie Brown, bringing a solid punch to Tarantino's heroine. During the entire 154 minutes, Jackie never faulters and stays ahead of the game, thanks to Grier's supurb acting. And the chemistry between Jackie and bail bondsman Max Cherry (Forster) is indescribable. Not one part of "Pulp Fiction" even comes close! Strong performances by Bridget Fonda (as beach bunny Melanie), Michael Keaton (ATF wonder boy Ray Nicholet) and Samuel L. Jackson (Ordell Robbie), and Tarantino's solid script, add 'frosting' to the Grier/Forster 'cake', making "Jackie Brown" THE best film of 1997 and Tarantino's career. Take that "Pulp Fiction"!!!!
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Summary: If you wanna see 'Pulp Fiction', get 'Pulp Fiction'!
Review: No, this is NOT 'Pulp Fiction'. It's 'Jackie Brown', a different movie from 'Pulp Fiction'; see? It even has a different name! In fact, I think it's better than 'Pulp Fiction'. That's just my opinion, but I think this will become Tarantino's cult masterpiece! Now listen: a good movie is good storytelling. If you can do that you've made a good movie. If you can't, you haven't! You can do it fast or you can do it slow. You can use a big budget or no money at all. You can tell it in a linear sequence or in time lapses. You can do it anyway you may well please, you just have to do it right! Tarantino does it splendidly in 'Jackie Brown'. That's it! Period. No apologies. End of argument. By the way, does anyone feel cheated by Bertolucci because 'The Last Emperor' was no 'Last Tango in Paris'? Why didn't you? They're both his and they both feature the word 'last'! Isn't that a big dissapointment? Think about it next time, "Tarantino fans"!
Rating:
Summary: Great
Review: I don't know why everyone wants this movie to be another Pulp Fiction. Of corse Pulp Fiction is a great movie, but when you make movies, you're not supposed to make the same movie over and over again. This movie is great. I saw it at the theater twice. The cast is perfect. And man, is Bridget Fonda hot. I never thought she was that attractive, but when I saw her in this movie, I changed that thought quickly.
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Summary: Terrifc
Review: Jackie Brown is simply terrific. It is not a movie for everyone, but it is still a good effort.
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Summary: One of 1997's best-like Out of Sight was in 1998.
Review: This was one of the best movies of 1997.It can get a little dull after watching a few times, but when I first saw it I was smiling from the beginning to the end.This movie is not a well paced as Out of Sight, which was also one of last years best movies, but it is still terrific. I agree that this movie was not a disappontment. I believe that people simply did not care about it like they did the previous Elmore Leanard adaptation. This movie just suffered some sort of backlash or something because it is highly rated in the critic's corner of the Atlanta Journal Constitution and it got a B+ average in Entertainment Weekly's critical mass. Why would this have happened if it was a bad movie. Could anyone answer that? Read Roger Ebert's review because he got this movie right. It really doesn't matter what the other critcs thought because it is a good movie anyway.
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Summary: Snail's pace melodrama
Review: I expected much more from Tarintino. I expected the energetic, zany, ultraviolent rollercoster I saw in all his previous projects- "Resevoir Dogs," "True Romance," "From Dusk till Dawn," and "Pulp Fiction." But his latest film, "Jackie Brown" left me wanting more. I think Tarintino purposley tried to screw his die-hard fans with this movie. It's the opposite of his other films. It's a logically told, slow moving, even DULL mix of mystery, satire, action, and campy comedy. It's complexity actually hurts it. The running time is much to long and it never really gets intresting. The cast is really good, but other than that you get nothing you've come to expect out of a Quinton Tarintino film.
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Summary: "Jackie Brown" lacks the energy of previous Tarintino films.
Review: Being a fan of director Quenton Tarintino and his two previous films "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs" (which I considered masterpieces) I checked out his third directorial effort "Jackie Brown." It was a fairly good movie, but it wasn't Tarintino caliber. It wasn't the hard hitting, explosive, outrageous film I expected from him. In fact, it seemed Tarintino was intentionally keeping the slow, dragging pace. I waited for the film to pick up, but it never did. At times, too few times, it flourished. For example, the short time that Chris Tucker and Sam Jackson share the stage is marvelous. The rest of the cast is superb as well, but "Jackie Brown" lacks the intensity, the energy, and the spirit of previous Tarintino works.
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