 "Classic Tarantino" | 2008-06-10 |
| - Reviewed By bloodhoundbob |
| 'Jackie Brown' has suffered from the case of being an amazing film that's less amazing than the other amazing works of the director, in this case Quentin Tarantino. Because of this it's amazingly underrated but by no means is a weak film. The film revolves around the story of flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) who works out a scheme with a bailbondsman (Robert Forster) to swindle a massive cash smuggle from under the nose of both the DEA and drug/gun runner Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson in yet another amazing Tarantino flick performance) for whom the money was for. It doesn't have the tension, rush, or paranoia of 'Pulp Fiction' or 'Reservoir Dogs' but those two set the standard so high that it's really not all that surprising that 'Jackie Brown' is essentially forgotten about. Bridget Fonda, Robert DeNiro, Chris Tucker, and Michael Keaton all have standout minor roles as well. Highly recommended. |
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| "One Cool Movie packed with great features" | 2008-03-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1476YUCYN2256 |
| This DVD is great! Not only does it contain a great movie but the special features are some of the most in depth and informative I have ever seen. We all already know what a gifted writer/director QT is and I think that this is one of his best works (next to Pulp Fiction of course) and that it has quickly become a worthy cult classic. |
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| "Smooth & thrilling" | 2008-02-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1HWIMNX1N9CF2 |
I'll start with the soundtrack. Some movies are very much influenced and remembered for the soundtrack. Such examples of that would certainly be `Jaws' & `Psycho'. Background music is important, or lack there of, as is the case in the 2007 hit `No Country For Old Men', and so we tend to pay attention to it. In the case of Jackie Brown, the influence of the 70's musical touch creates a setting that compels us to maintain our focus, more so than with your run-of-the-mill movie. The music hooks us from the opening credits and never stops.
The acting in Jackie Brown is fantastic. There isn't a character in this movie that you don't believe or buy into. Samuel Jackson stunned me with his powerful performance and Robert De Niro has mastered the bit of a dim-witted, always high, ex-con. Together they dominate the screen with their plans to become successful gun dealers during the 80's.
What Quentin Tarantino does better than any other director, is he assembles a cast of actors who are able to portray characters which force the audience to both love and hate them at the same time. It doesn't matter whether the character is supposed to be good or evil, at some point during the movie; you're going to think of that character as both or either. You'll find yourself getting disgusted with the character and then laughing at or with them, sometimes in the same scene.
Perhaps the greatest aspect of Tarantino's movies is that of the dialogue. Sure his movies are graphic and filled with more twists than a gun barrel, but what makes them click, and none better than Jackie Brown, is the dialogue. The characters give it to you hard and fast and you believe them. While Pulp Fiction & the Kill Bill movies gained the most recognition, Jackie Brown is his sleeper masterpiece that puts them all to shame when it comes to the script. If there was an academy award category for dialogue - Jackie Brown would be a runaway nominee.
Jackie Brown is one of those movies that you don't need to put together, or try to figure out what is going on. That is a step away from what we have come to associate Tarantino with, but it works perfectly with Jackie Brown. We're allowed to simply sit back, watch, listen and enjoy a bunch of shady characters as they try to swindle and kill each other off - all in the name of the almighty dollar.
Jackie Brown is a thrilling ride and certainly one that you will enjoy watching more than once. |
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| "This is a gem" | 2008-01-13 |
| - Reviewed By ricaltman |
| I'm dumbfounded that there are negative reviews of this. I do not see how you could not like it. Maybe the negatives come from those who are looking for another "Pulp Fiction." I thought "Pulp Fiction" was one of the best things I had ever seen, but it will never be duplicated. In some ways, "Jackie Brown" is a better movie. PF was more about action and shocking weirdness, whereas in JB, you actually care about the two main characters, played by Pam Grier, who looks great, and Robert Forster, in the role of a lifetime. This movie has everything. |
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| "What are you saying?....Tarantino's world is a cool place" | 2007-12-06 |
| - Reviewed By jen2sha |
If you were to take this film, and compare it to Tarantino's earlier work, you'd never guess they came from the same director and yes baby he did a great job with "Jackie." This is one of those films which is strange but yet captivating. You'll definitely feel as though you are watching a "Blaxploitation" flick to the point that you'll be wondering what corner Richard Roundtree was hiding behind.
Tarantino slows down a little and shows his skill at plotting an entertaining tale that doesn't tax your patience. In here, you do get less blood and more characterizations than usual and is unlike either of his first 2 movies. In Jackie Brown, Tarantino takes us for a ride as we follow Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), a flight attendant helping an arms dealer named Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) get money where it needs to be. After a flight, she is pull aside by two cops, one being Ray Nicolet (Michael Keaton), who find the cash she is smuggling in for Ordell. Now she faces jail time and Ordell must get rid of somebody who might snitch. What happens now is the bail bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster) and Brown team up to mess with Ordell and his two pot smoking companions, Melanie (Bridget Fonda) and Louis Gara (Robert De Niro). Now it's a nice plot of how Ordell wants the half a million dollars he has coming to him with these arms deals and how Jackie Brown is the only connection between Ordell and the police and Cherry.
This movie received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Robert Forster) and many good reviews. Forster isn't the only one giving a great performance. De Niro, Fonda, Jackson, Grier, Keaton, even Chris Tucker who is in the movie for probably less than five or ten minutes gives a notable performance. The whole ensemble is incredibly well casted and deserves to be recognized.
However, this movie is uniquely Quentin T. and exhibits his versatile film making style. When he directs he allows his imagination free rein to experiment and explore. Each of his directorial efforts has been unique, and "Jackie Brown" is another successful experiment. This movie does have great dialogue. Not surprising considering this WAS an Elmore Leonard book with Tarantino doing the scripting. Both men have quite a talent for what they do. It is also clear that Tarantino loves what he does, sometimes a little too much.
I have the soundtrack and just loved it. If you own it you will see how great the songs fit in and the dialogue. Loved the scene when they're all going to the mall at the end, and DeNiro's car is playing "Midnight Confession," and Forster's car is playing the Delfonics, "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" (a song that desperately needed re-discovery, thank you Quentin), and Jackie's car is playing "Street life!" and when Robert Forster first meets Jackie as he's bailing her out and "Natural High" comes on!!!!. Yes, QT is BRILLIANT when it comes to the use of music in his films and soundtracks. At the end of this, all the adventures and bizarre paths taken by these characters converge into a great film. What more can I say but to highly recommended this film along with the soundtrack.
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| "Quentin Tarantino's Overlooked Gem" | 2007-10-13 |
| - Reviewed By bergman864 |
Jackie Brown is a fantastic film. Coming off the helm of two masterpieces (Reservoir Dogs (15th Anniversary) and Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)), it was difficult to live up to the hype.
Well Jackie Brown found a way to do it. Featuring many of the qualities found in Tarantino's first two films, Jackie Brown includes a rock solid cast, witty dialogue, and a wonderful plot. Pam Grier plays the title character.
The two disc set includes deleted scenes, plenty of Tarantino featurettes, a "Chicks with Guns" video, Siskel and Ebert at the movies feature, Pam Grier features, trailers, and DVD-ROM features.
HIghly, higly recommended. |
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| "Tarantino's underrated classic." | 2007-10-09 |
| - Reviewed By erbfmly2 |
| Jackie Brown is a nice, slowly paced film about love and redemption. Quentin Tarantino makes us fall in love with all the characters, good or bad ones. His use of music is right on, and the dialogue is tip-top. Every director has at least one film that is terribly underrated, Tarantino's is Jackie Brown. The DVD however, is also very cool. It includes loads of special features and nice little posters. I hope you enjoy it! |
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| "Jackie Brown DVD" | 2007-10-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1LYD7XU6IT3X1 |
| I am not a great fan of Pam Grier, but in this role and with Robert Foster she does a splendid job, Bridget Fonda and Samuel Jackson are great and poor Robert de Niro is left with a miserly role, that is hard to handle, still I loved the movie and watch it over and again every so often. |
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 "Movie's Real Star is the Music!" | 2007-08-19 |
| - Reviewed By smoothjazzandmore |
| Quentin Tarantino pays homage to the blackploitation era of the 70's in this film based on Elmore Leonard's novel, "Rum Punch". Unlike the book, the film's lead character is black, not white. That change actually enhances the movie, making it more authentic. Pam Grier gives a Oscar worthy performance as the flight attendant hooked into a dangerous plot. Robert Forester gives one of his best performances of his career as bail bondsman, Max Cherry. Couple that with an all-star cast featuring Robert DeNiro, Michael Keaton, Bridget Fonda and Samuel L. Jackson. But what makes this film shine is the music. Fans of late 70's soul music will be asking for the soundtrack. Though a notch below Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" still delivers the goods! Very Good Film! |
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| "Jackie Brown" | 2007-07-13 |
| - Reviewed By jfarr02 |
| This pitch-perfect adaptation of Elmore Leonard's "Rum Punch" delivers the goods--and then some. With its cheeky dialogue, blasts of violence, and an eccentric gallery of characters, "Jackie Brown" exemplifies the kind of robust, genuinely thrilling material a Tarantino-Leonard match-up can produce. Grier and Jackson make excellent, illicit adversaries, and the supporting cast, including De Niro as Ordell's pothead partner and Fonda as a sun-kissed stoner babe, couldn't be better. The other triumph of "Jackie Brown" belongs to Forster, a forgotten actor (like Grier) whose turn as Jackie's regular-guy love interest earned him an Oscar nod. |
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