Lost Reviews #8

Jackie Brown (1997)
Quentin Tarantino

--The irony of this review is that I now consider Jackie Brown to be my favorite Tarantino movie... so why only three stars?--

First and foremost I want to know what happened to the majority of that famous and entertaining Tarantino dialogue. Jackie Brown is really the one film that lacks the snappiness of the characters conversations and that is one of the few things that hurt this film. What didn’t hurt it was the acting. Pam Grier was great in the title role, but Robert Forster was fantastic as Max Cherry, a bail bondsman. Pam Grier, a flight attendant, runs money from Mexico for, whom else but, Samuel L. Jackson’s character, Ordell. When she is caught by the police and forced to name some names, she plots on her own and sets things up so no one but her can win. When there seems to be a flaw in her plan, we see that she expected it. The story is very cleverly written, which his certainly no surprise. The conclusion of the film, when we see the on-goings from the point of view of each character is the highlight of the film. While Tarantino doesn’t appear in this particular film, his presence is certainly evident.
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06/01/05