Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown
R | 25 December 1997 (USA)
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Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

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ShangLuda

Admirable film.

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Huievest

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

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Borserie

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

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Fatma Suarez

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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VasilisGak

Jackie Brown is probably the least Tarantin-esque film ever written or directed by Quentin Tarantino, mostly due to its chronological order of storytelling and lack of explicit violence. That said, it still retains many of his unique writing and directing features that have created such a large fanbase over the years. All in all, a concrete and coherent story of mischief, crafty schemes, punchy dialogue and well-delivered closure, Jackie Brown has rightfully achieved classic status and its many virtues keep it entirely watchable, more than 20 years after its initial release.

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Alan Smithee Esq.

It seems that this gem becomes overshadowed sometimes by Tarantino's other films. But it's easily one of his best. It's got all his classic elements: smart and witty dialogue, unique characters, a constantly weaving plot and his trademark violence. Plus it has that classic "Tarantino" soundtrack filled with some truly wonderful tunes.

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Predrag

Tarantino is able to make great movies no matter what, and this movie is another testament to why I love this guys movies. Sure, he isn't entirely original, but his movies are entertaining, and you don't need to understand such hopelessly trivial "deep" themes to understand. The reason you should watch movies is the entertainment value, that's what matters so much. Themes are there in real life, so you really don't need them in movies. Sure, themes and social commentary make good movies, but liking movies even though they have a lack of meaning doesn't (of course, it helps to know, however, many mindless movies are actually more boring than movies with subtle meaning). Just to be sure, Jackie Brown is a bit restrained but still has the Tarantino trademarks that we all know and love.Bridget Fonda is so absolutely perfect as gun-runner Samuel L. Jackson's sassy "surfer chick" that you are convinced that this is who Bridget Fonda really is. Robert De Niro was given a long leash in his portrayal of a dim-witted, recently-paroled bank robber (not exactly a typecast for him... and he nails it. And the other characters that spice up the plot are all well-formed and well-acted. But it's the improbable relationship between Jackie and Max that grabs you and won't let you go. Like a swirling, cool, evening fog by the waterfront on a steamy, summer evening, it is hard to define and even harder to grasp, but you know you like it. Music and dialogue carry this movie and are the two ingredients that make it such a pleasure to take in. The film's been described as "slow-moving," but people who say that don't realize that the pace is purposefully done slow so one can enjoy each characters' interactions. Sam Jackson's character, for as messed up as he is, is a piece of art. Charismatic dialogue. Jackie Brown is the Tarantino film that mostly goes over lot's of people's heads, but it is no less entertaining in many ways (although it's not as good as Pulp Fiction, obviously). Don't be fooled by Jackie Brown's different approach and black sheep persona of the Tarantino canon, it's just one of his charms that his movies seem to be black sheeps when compared to certain others. In any case, ignoring this fine work would be kind of futile.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

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inspectors71

That rarity of Tarantino films, more character than gore. Who would have ever thought it possible?The only reason Jackie Brown works, and works quite well, is that it's based on a novel by the late Elmore Leonard. Now, Leonard could go pretty medieval in his novels, but his characters always felt like real people, good 'uns and bad. The language coming out of their mouths sounded real. I saw Jackie Brown some 15 years ago, about the same time I saw Out of Sight, based on another Leonard work, and I thought the two made great bookends. They seemed to honor Elmore Leonard. Seeing the movies made me want to read more Leonard novels. Imagine my surprise when I found out that the Charles Bronson flick, Mr. Majestyk, was one of his. I love that movie, and it made me love it more.15 years after my viewing Jackie Brown, the story itself is pretty much gone, but I do recall that it was suspenseful, had interesting folks doing bad and not-so-bad things, and even had a smidgen of humor that didn't depend on John Travolta hitting a chuckhole and blowing some poor doofus' head off.I have not seen the Django thing or Kill Thrill Bill, 1-47, or Inglorious Remakes or the recent Hateful Hatful. If I want to participate in Tarantino's pornographic horror shows, I guess I should watch more, but why would I want to? He hit his high point with the film version of a pretty good crime novel, and all we can do now is bring a mop to the theatre to push around the blood sloshing off the screen.Gag.

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