Fresh
The tale is filled with funny, gritty Tarantino lowlife gab and a respectable body count, but what is most striking is the film's gallantry and sweetness.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Jackie Brown
This Christmas, Santa's got a brand new bag.
1997 · 2h 34m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Quentin Jerome Presher Brosman Tarantino
Overview
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.
Director and cast
- Quentin Jerome Presher Brosman Tarantino Director
- Pam Grier as Jackie Brown
- Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell Robbie
- Robert De Niro as Louis Gara
- Bridget Fonda as Melanie Ralston
- Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette
- Robert Forster as Max Cherry
- Michael Bowen as Mark Dargus
- Chris Tucker as Beaumont Livingston
- LisaGay Hamilton as Sheronda
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Winston
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Quentin Tarantino puts together a fairly intricate and relatively uninvolving money-smuggling plot, but his cast is so good that you probably won't feel cheated.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The film is more Jarmusch than Peckinpah -- its soul is in the minutiae.
David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh
Offers an abundance of pleasures, especially in the realm of characterization and atmosphere.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh
It's like a scuzz-bucket film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick at his most static-mesmeric.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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