Rotten
The film, for all its mayhem and fury, is too distant to be truly disturbing; it treats everything with an impatient, born-too-late shrug.
Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker
Reservoir Dogs
Every dog has his day.
1992 · 1h 39m · R
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Quentin Jerome Presher Brosman Tarantino
Overview
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Director and cast
- Quentin Jerome Presher Brosman Tarantino Director
- Harvey Keitel as Mr. White/Larry Dimmick
- Tim Roth as Mr. Orange/Freddy Newandyke
- Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega
- Chris Penn as Nice Guy Eddie Cabot
- Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink
- Lawrence Tierney as Joe Cabot
- Randy Brooks Cast
- Kirk Baltz Cast
- Edward Bunker Cast
- Quentin Jerome Presher Brosman Tarantino Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A brash, brutal crime-caper film, Reservoir Dogs has enough raw energy for 10 motion pictures and more than enough rough stuff to traumatize the sensitive. But not only does Dogs have teeth, it has brains.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Tarantino's palpable enthusiasm, his unapologetic passion for what he's created, reinvigorates this venerable plot and, mayhem aside, makes it involving for longer than you might suspect.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
A much-acclaimed revisionist gangster film that I found to have more style than substance.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Tarantino, in Reservoir Dogs, has made a nihilist comedy about how human nature will always undercut the best-laid plans.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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