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Inglourious Basterds

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...

2009 · 2h 33m · R Drama, Thriller, War
Directed by Quentin Jerome Presher Brosman Tarantino

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Overview

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

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All reviews
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Waltz will be unknown to most American audiences -- he was certainly unknown to me -- but he's nothing less than sensational as the silky, polyglot SS officer charged by the Fuhrer to root out the remaining Jews in France.

Tom Charity, CNN.com
Fresh

Like a bat to the head, it's not too subtle, but you can't help but watch.

Laremy Legel, Film.com
Fresh

Quentin Tarantino seems to be hanging on to a lost world of moviemaking. He may be nuts. But he's a nut who cares.

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Rotten

Its biggest flaw, though, for those who care about such things, may be its moral attitude. That might seem a stodgy thing to bring up in the context of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but it takes such center stage that it needs to be examined.

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh

Landa is such a wily and despicable concoction that, in movie terms, he's almost impossible not to like. And therein lies part of my problem with this movie.

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

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