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July 16, 2005
Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown (1997), Quentin Tarantino:
Finally got around to watching this one. I don't think it lives up either to the hype that it's a huge letdown to Pulp Fiction (what pressure, though), or that it's his best movie (which, depending on what you mean, is either Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill vol. 1).
It's very very good. I didn't know it was as much an homage to The Killing as blaxploitation (which I have absolutely no experience with), so the cinematic references weren't completely lost on me. It seems a little indulgent at times, and it's not balanced (DeNiro is way too big for his part) but it's stylish and slick and intellegent, which is all you need.
13/15
Posted by bing at July 16, 2005 12:49 PM