Jackie Brown - Miramax Collector's Edition

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Summary: one of the best of 1997 not 1998.
Review: Jackie Brown is a film that should be seen repeatedly and with no interruptions. Pam Grier's career is back in full swing, I wish she would make more movies. Robert Forester is the best actor in the entire film, by the end we feel very simpathetic for his character which I endeer in the many times I have watched the movie. Some people will say that it is too long or the profanity could have been cut down, but it shouldn't. The character developings are so wonderful that I could have watched the characters for hours and hours.

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Summary: Tarantino for the folks
Review: I loved Pulp Fiction but always felt it necessary to turn it down or off when my father came in the room. What Pulp Fiction acheived with shock value Tarantino's Jackie Brown gets a bit more subtley. Robert Foerester was my favoriete character but Jackson, De Niro, and Grier also act perfectly. Very under-rated by critics because they compared it w/ Pulp fiction but the movies are difficult to compare. The last sequence of Jackie Brown shows the director's maturity and evolution as a film-maker.

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Summary: A showpiece for Forester.
Review: Although a tad slow, the film had shock value in the suddeness in which the leading players are removed. Forester, played the world weary bondsman to the hilt and deserved his Oscar nomination. The film introduced one sequence of interesting cinematography where the same scene was shown several times, once from each of the characters viewpoint. Worth the time.

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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: After watching movies like 'Pulp Fiction' and 'From Dusk Til Dawn' and knowing Quentins way of directing I was dissapointed in 'Jackie Brown'. It has some good scenes, but I missed the well-known sarcasm and irony in it. It's not one of his best!!

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Summary: Jackie Brownzzzzzzzzzzzz
Review: Quite a bit too leisurely a pace. Terrific cast (for the most part), but a deeply flawed film. Forster is great, Jackson is great, De Niro is De Niro, Fonda is less horrible than usual but Pam Grier is a cipher. Touted as her 'comeback' the simple fact remains that the reason we see so little of her on the screen is that she really isn't a very interesting actress. But to be fair she sure can light a cigarette. And how about that Tarantino? What about the middle class white boy video clerk fixation on superfly black gangster stereotypes? Anyone but me a little offended?

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Summary: Vastly Overrated.
Review: This movie has a very compelling story, but a hard to follow one. And the running time is entirely too long for a movie which doesn't pretend to be great. Pam Greer gives an excellent performance in the tiltle role, and De Niro being involved is a definite plus. Still, there are numerous low points, most notably Bridgette Fonda feeding Tarantino's foot fetish. It ventures into repetitive flashbacks a little too much at the end (we do not need to see the movie from ALL of the characters' perspectives) and, let's face it, "Jackie Brown" is outright boring at times. Still, a compelling story, strong performances from tremendous actors such as Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson (with a cameo performance by Chris Tucker, as the doomed "Beaumont," an employee that Jackson "had to let go.) will make this a memorable experience. I feel it could have been much shorter and it would have had a stronger effect, however. Quentin Tarantino is a great film-maker, he just takes a dive in to the pretentious with this one a little bit.

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Summary: A little slow but it has two things working for it.
Review: Although a little to long I liked Jackie Brown. And it had two things working for it, Sam Jacksons saying "Hey, is that Rutger Hauer?" and of course the fact that Chris Tucker gets shot and killed.

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Summary: quite creative but not very entertaining
Review: Quite artistic and creative. However I was disappointed since I was looking for popular entertainments and this film is not.

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Summary: Entertaining, humorous movie
Review: Jackie Brown is the type of movie that captivates you because of the characters and the way they're portrayed. The acting in this movie is incredible. Samuel L. Jackson definitely led the cast, playing Ordell Robbie, and took over the film the moment he spoke his first line. Robert De Niro seemed pretty wasted as Jackson's partner, Louis. This movie is also very humorous, with a side splitting scene featuring Jackson and Chris Tucker arguing. The movie had a lot more scenes with the potential for huge laughs like in Pulp Fiction, but unfortunately takes a different turn into deep drama.

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Summary: Terrible
Review: I gave Tarantino a chance and he blew it big time. The movie was boring, pointless, and an insult to Elmore Leonard. I love Robert De Niro as an actor, but not even him (or Bridget Fonda looking better than ever) could save this film.