Jackie Brown
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Actor: Bridget Fonda, Michael Bowen, Robert De Niro, Robert Forster, Tangie AmbrosePrimary Contributor: Robert Forster
Primary Contributor: Pam Grier
Primary Contributor: Samuel L. Jackson
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 154 minutes
Release Date: 1999-02-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Miramax Films
Studio: Miramax Films
VHS Movie Reviews of Jackie Brown
Movie Review: Might Be Quentin's Best....
Summary: 4 Stars
4 and 1/2 Stars.
The story of a 44 yr old black woman struggling to get over a criminal past and a mid-life crisis serves as Quentin Tarantino's follow up to his super successful 'Pulp Fiction'. This, a much more character driven piece, is probably his most realistic and linear film of the five he's completed.
There's not much to say here. The movie is so entertaining. There is a terrific heist plot going on but what really makes the film are the 'hang-out' scenes, the incredible dialogue and relationships that exist between the characters. This is what inspires multiple viewings of the film, the chance to see these guys interact with each other. The acting comes off as realistic and humorous which makes the film, although tense and suspenseful at times, a comforting story to watch.
Funny, sly, clever, the movie is thoroughly enjoyable.
Summary of Jackie Brown
The curiosity of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown is Robert Forster's worldly wise bail bondsman Max Cherry, the most alive character in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch. The Academy Awards saw it the same way, giving Forster the film's only nomination. The film is more "rum" than "punch" and will certainly disappoint those who are looking for Tarantino's trademark style. This movie is a slow, decaffeinated story of six characters glued to a half million dollars brought illegally into the country. The money belongs to Ordell (Samuel?L. Jackson), a gunrunner just bright enough to control his universe and do his own dirty work. His just-paroled friend--a loose term with Ordell--Louis (Robert De Niro) is just taking up space and could be interested in the money. However, his loyalties are in question between his old partner and Ordell's doped-up girl (Bridget Fonda). Certainly Fed Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) wants to arrest Ordell with the illegal money. The key is the title character, a late-40s-ish flight attendant (Pam Grier) who can pull her own weight and soon has both sides believing she's working for them. The end result is rarely in doubt, and what is left is two hours of Tarantino's expert dialogue as he moves his characters around town.Tarantino changed the race of Jackie and Ordell, a move that means little except that it allows Tarantino to heap on black culture and language, something he has a gift and passion for. He said this film is for an older audience although the language and drug use may put them off. The film is not a salute to Grier's blaxploitation films beyond the musical score. Unexpectedly the most fascinating scenes are between Grier and Forster: two neo-stars glowing in the limelight of their first major Hollywood film after decades of work. --Doug Thomas
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