Jackie Brown
1997
Quentin Tarantino returns to the crime genre once again with this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's RUM PUNCH. Transplanting Leonard's crime story from Miami to Tarantino's city of choice, Los Angeles, JACKIE BROWN cruises along smoothly, much like the film's 1970s soul soundtrack. The film follows Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), a .. Read more
| Starring | Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Robert Forster |
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| Director | Quentin Tarantino |
| Genres | Drama |
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Jackie Brown
Quentin Tarantino returns to the crime genre once again with this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's RUM PUNCH. Transplanting Leonard's crime story from Miami to Tarantino's city of choice, Los Angeles, JACKIE BROWN cruises along smoothly, much like the film's 1970s soul soundtrack. The film follows Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), a flight attendant who makes extra cash by running drugs and cash for sleazebag Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson). When Jackie sees the opportunity to make off with a large chunk of change, she begins to play everyone around her, including two detectives who are threatening her with jail time if she doesn't rat out Ordell, and a sympathetic bail bondsman (Robert Forster) who finds himself falling for Jackie.
Tarantino sets a pace that is laid back and groovy, building to an eventual climax that determines whether or not Jackie walks away with the booty. In much the same way that Tarantino resuscitated John Travolta's career with PULP FICTION, he does the same thing here with Grier and Forster. Overall, JACKIE BROWN is a less in-your-face effort than Tarantino's previous films, but it's this downshift in gears that makes it so refreshing.
| Starring | Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton |
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| Director | Quentin Tarantino |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 28 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 16 Sep 2002 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
Jackie Brown (1997)
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Imaginatively dragging Elmore Leonard's bestseller Rum Punch into his own postmodern universe peppered with quirky dialogue and cinematic references, director Quentin Tarantino makes his re-energised crime thriller a homage to, and an updating of, 1970s pulp blaxploitation fiction. Black icon Pam Grier is great as the air hostess pressured into an entrapment scam after being arrested for cash smuggling, who decides to use her feminine wiles to outsmart everyone wanting to exploit or kill her. Tarantino draws maximum suspense from a superb cast , including Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Robert Forster and Michael Keaton, and an array of visual techniques such as staging a key scene three times from three different points of view. A breathlessly exciting down-and-dirty crime drama cut to a fabulous array of funk classics.
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An absorbing, if overlong, thriller, successfully combining intrigue and character development to create a satisfying mix that updates the style of the blaxploitation movies of the 70s.
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Unsure.
I really don't know how to review this. Let me start by saying that no, I did not enjoy this. It didn't seem like the most developed story. De Niro was completely miscast- and is it just me or did Samuel Jackson's character completely change as the film progressed?
By change I mean; his characters starts of like the ultra-cool, clever man like his role in 'Pulp Fiction' but he seems to get weaker as the film goes on. Maybe this is character development- but it didn't feel like that.. his character seemed to fall victim of the pacing of the film... I dunno..
Did I dislike the film because of my high expectations of Quentin Tarantino? I did my best to watch the film and judge it on it's merits, but maybe I was sitting there hoping for a masterpiece. In my mind- it wasn't a masterpiece.. it wasn't even interesting.
I didn't care for the characters or anything that was happening. I will give this 3 stars simply because I feel my feelings on the film may be completely misguided and based on my assumptions of what a Tarantino film is.
I am all for Tarantino telling a story in this kind of way, He doesn't have to make 'Pulp Fiction' every time.. I just feel that this film doesn't work.
Now that the Kill Bill's are done with he's rumoured to be working on a 'Smaller project'.. hopefully that one will work for me. I hope so.
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
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Very good if not quite as great as Out Of Sight
Hadn't seen this for a number of years and it could well be the most intelligent piece of film making that he's done. The dialogue carries the characters along with it and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this time round. The casting and acting are what separates this from other QT films, IMO, but it just lacks something and as illogical as it sounds, I think it could be missing just some more stylising.
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Quentin Tarantino returns to the crime genre once again with this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's RUM PUNCH. Transplanting Leonard's crime story from Miami to Tarantino's city of choice, Los Angeles, ... -