This movie is actually my favorite Tarantino movie. I think Pulp Fiction is still his best from what I've seen but there's just something about this one that is just so unique. RIP Robert Forster.
Pam Grier was absolutey amazing in this film. Hell, all of the cast was perfect. This movie is infinitely re-watchabe. I might even go as far as saying it's his most re-watchable film.
I still own dvds and have all of the Tarantino films. I enjoy them all, but this one is definitely the one I've watched the most. I've never really sat down and analyzed why that is, but I always give the side eye to people who say they didn't like Jackie Brown.
It's not. I re-watched it recently and it was a chore to get through just like I remember it being the first time. There's 'slow-burn' and then there's outright boring. Jackie Brown is the latter.
Many of QT's movies are crazy good rewatchable films. You miss so much stuff first time seeing them. 1. Pulp Fiction second viewing your looking for other stuff since we now know proper timeline. 2. Kill BIll is very rewatchable and almost feels like every chapter is it's own Movie Short. 3. Jackie Brown is something you could almost play on a loop just to be able to hang with these characters. 4. OUATIH has so many hidden easter eggs its worth watching to see what else you missed. So many more but these come to mind right away.
Hands down my favorite Tarantino movie. He responded to all of his critics back in 1994 who thought he could only do violent movies by creating this slow burn gem.
All due respect, he didn't have many critics back then. Post-"Pulp Fiction", he was almost universally venerated. He was admired for the violence in his films. If he had any critics, they were few and far between and I doubt he cared. Although if I remember correctly, when "Pulp Fiction" won the Palm D'or, some salty lady in the audience ridiculed Tarantino, yelling that it "was shit". Which is pretty funny. I believe Tarantino made "Jackie Brown"....simply because he wanted to. I remember seeing him on the Charlie Rose show, promoting "Pulp Fiction", where he said for his next film he wanted to adapt a novel. So he did.
Absolutely; Surprisingly tame movie with just gunning down a fellow in the trunk of a car, and gunning down a gal in a fast paced stroll in broad daylight in a shopping mall, and gunning down a buddy mid-conversation as an expression of disappointment, and a final wrapper of gunning down a fellow who was smart enough to make a ton of money delivering highly controlled, sophisticated weapons but not smart enough to get a hold his money.
Every character just felt so real in this movie. I often feel like I'm watching characters in movies. This movie I felt like I was watching people. The locations, the lighting, the mood. The police interogation offices felt like those offices, the bars felt like bars, the outdoor scenes you felt how hot and glaring the sun was. This is without a doubt deserving of a place on every best movie list.
Interesting point. Movies are visual and auditory, but reflecting back on this one, it's true that your mind fills in the feeing and even smells of the places from the way it was shot.
You won't see it in the bottom of mine. 9. Death Proof 8. Hateful Eight 7. Kill Bill 6. Django Unchained 5. Reservoir Dogs 4. Inglourious BasterdS 3. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 2. Jackie Brown 1. Pulp Fiction
@@Erynnin I can't complain about any order, because they are all masterpieces in completely different ways that speak in greater or softer volume to different individual people.
Mine: 10. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 9. The Hateful Eight 8. Kill Bill Vol. 1 7. Jackie Brown 6. Death Proof 5. Reservoir Dogs 4. Kill Bill Vol. 2 3. Django Unchained 2. Inglourious Basterds 1. Pulp Fiction
I think what makes it an underrated Tarantino movie is that it's a slow paced movie that isn't just BAM into the gangsters with cool lines before the gallon of blood is spilled and surf rock plays. It's a simple enough story that's linear and needs multiple views to be appreciated
It's crazy to think that Tarantino shot in a film in LA featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert DeNiro, Michael Keaton, Pam Grier, and Bridget Fonda for only 12 million. Incredible.
I saw it in a fairly crowded theater when it came out. When Pam Grier appeared on screen in that red dress, the whole audience let out a gasp! She´s such an incredible presence! The final scene with her sitting in the car listening to Across 110th Street is my most favourite movie ending ever!
@@stellaVista germans collected all the joo blood in ww2 so they could transform their population into one of joo blood. Without the joo blood they couldn't be fiscally successful. Now they are all joo's.
@@knickknackpattywack There's simply not enough munging going on in Hollywood these days. It's a shame. When the dementia really kicks in for Al Pacino I'd like to see him Grope For Trout in a Peculiar River with Bruce Willis.
@@jennyanydots2389 I agree. Munging needs to make a big screen comeback. There was gonna be a scene in the Hateful Eight where a couple of crackhead horndog cowboys were gonna munge all of the bodies at the end, but they stopped Tarantino from putting it in. He was furious!
I saw this movie for the first time tonight. Now I want to see everything Pam Grier has ever been in! She definitely has an archetype quality that empowers women. I can’t believe she wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar! I like Helen Hunt, but Pam out performed her and the other nominees!
This IS QT's best film. Not to say that he's made a bad one yet. (Though I am not a huge fan of Hateful 8.) I dig all of his films, even those he only wrote and didn't direct. And Jackie wasn't always my favorite. It became so in the early 2010s. I was transferring some of my VHS to DVD and rediscovered it. I watched it again like it was the first time. I forgot I was even taping it until the credits were ending. It's Quentin's most grounded film. That's one of the reasons why I love it so much. Don't get me wrong; many of his movies are great, but there's a hyper realism, almost a surrealism to most of them.
I remember walking out the theater on Christmas Day 1997 and realizing that Tarantino wasn’t just a flashy film recycler but a real, mature artist. One of the movie’s themes of dealing with getting older makes the picture develop ever richer hues with each passing year.
I remember going into this movie expecting another Pulp Fiction. At the time I enjoyed it, but it definitely was not what I was expecting. However, I would say that this movie stuck with me more than almost every other movie at that time (Dark City being the main one). After having seen it many times and buying it on VHS back in the day, I'd definitely rate it as my favorite QT movie. Also got into Elmore Leonard after this and have read most of his library.
personally, I think this is Tarantino's most underrated movie he's ever made. also fun fact: De Niro and Tarantino allegedly had a bit of a rough relationship while working on this movie
I honestly think I became a man while watching this movie. It was one of the first movies I saw that wasn't a cartoon or a vapid action flick. The characters were actually talking to each other about... stuff. There are a few things in life that gave me that, "I'm not sure why I enjoy this, but I think I'm a man now" feeling. Here's a few... - Seeing Natalie Portman in 'The Professional'. - My first kiss in the school auditorium. - Watching 'The Howard Stern Show' in the 90s - Playing GTA for the first time.
Jackie Brown was my little families Christmas gift back in 1997. On Christmas Day we didn't get much but my Mom agreed to take me and my older brother to see Jackie Brown as a present. Till this day, I have a poster in my room from the movie. Thanks Mom.
What about the dog beating scenes? I thought they were unneccesary. It was later discovered that Keaton was really beating those animals with his shoe. Tarantino wanted extreme realisim so they shot all the dog beating scenes in the netherlands because there are no laws against beating dogs on film in the netherlands.
@Stefano Pavone We should talk about the Netherlands and how they almost seem to promote animal abuse through government-sanctioned programs. It's a sick group of people over there. Maybe we should design and build some camps where we can keep them. Somewhere that we can teach them to concentrate on the right things.
I remember loving this film when i first seen it, i was in my last year of high school and nobody in my group of friends really liked it, everyone else in my class who had seen it said it was crap, boring, hardly anything happened and while i can understand why some might not click with it, it’s a very long movie with it’s biggest action scene being about two bags being switched, i just absolutely loved it. One scene in particular that stood out to me when I first seen it was when Beaumont is finally convinced to get in the trunk, Ordell gets in the car and plays Strawberry Letter, turns up the volume (so cool it sounds like he turns up the volume on my tv) and then he drives off… but the camera stays and slowly moves as we see Ordell park around the corner and then shoots Beaumont but from such a far away camera angle. It still felt impactful even though we could barely see anything but it showed Ordell was a cold blooded killer. I just remember thinking i loved everything about that scene, the way the music was used, the way it was filmed, it was just different and brilliant. The amazing performances, a believable story that’s paced in a way that almost feels real time with its lengthy scenes and it never goes over the top with its violence or set pieces. It’s mostly a very chill watch and just like Tarantino said of Once Upon A Time, it’s a hang out movie. I absolutely love the relationship that builds between Pam Grier and Robert Forster. Although the entire cast is great, I could of quite happily watched an entire film with just those two characters. Robert De Niro, who is my favourite actor of all time… i was initially a little underwhelmed by his mostly quiet performance, apart from when he gets stressed out later, I just didn’t expect his presence to be so quiet and i guess i was a little too young to appreciate what he was doing with the character. I’ve grown to love his more subtle performance over the years. And the soundtrack is brilliant. I could go on and on about this movie, this post is way too long as it is. It’s easily my favourite Tarantino movie, Hollywood is second and probably Inglorious is third.
Movie is in my top 10! Excellent performance from top cast, fast paced story with interesting twists, treasure of famous quotes and then there is the soundtrack!
I've said it once and I'll say it again. Jackie Brown is one of the greatest films ever made. It's Quentin's best Film. Of course the others are great. But this one is special kind of great
When I watched this flick for the first time, I really didn't like it and quit because it's so much different from what Tarantino usually does. After many years when I gave it another chance, I had a total blast!! It's one of Tarantino's best flicks and I personally rank it higher than Pulp fiction.
I love this movie. In my opinion it didn't get the love it deserved because it's not as "Tarantino-y" as the rest of his movies. It's just a little more restrained than almost everything else he has done (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the same until the final act). But too many people just wanted the full Tarantino experience.
That was nice, enjoyed it. Disagree on the singular point that it wasn't unique. I don't think I've seen another movie with its precise vibe. Pulp Fiction is close.
When I say this is one of MY FAVORITE ALL TIME TOP 10 movies….. Everything about this movie is perfect! I love quinton Terintino for this movie. This film is incredibly underrated and can rival any ensemble cast of any film of all time. Just simply brilliant👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Okay. Elmore Leonard was impressed by a writer called George V Higgins, whose first novel “Friends of Eddie Coyle “was the runaway success (In the tv series justified, Raylan Givens is seen and quoted, I read this book 10 times when Elmore Leonard was one of the producers). what is one of the main characters in the novel called ? Why Jackie Brown…(it really is a great first novel by the way)
And it's also a great film, "Friends of Eddie Coyle". I actually just upgraded my Criterion dvd copy to bluray and gave the dvd to a friend of mine, who watched it for the first time and loved it. The "Jackie Brown" character appears in the film also.
Jackie Brown is to Tarantino as Chasing Amy was to Kevin Smith. Third attempt with a matured sensibility that produced a stellar cult favorite. Jackie Brown has ALWAYS been a favorite of mine.
Another Quentin Tarantino/Pam Grier connection is in QT's first film, "Reservoir Dogs." The brief connection gives mention of Grier by the group of Nice Guy Eddie, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Pink, and Mr. Orange as they are driving to the pre-caper meeting just after picking up Mr. Orange. Pam Grier is mistakenly identified as starring in either the television series or the film of "Get Christie Love" during Nice Guy Eddie's story about E-Lois (a waitress at one of "Daddy's" clubs.)
When I saw this on release day in 1997, I seem to be the only person that was disappointed coming from a masterpiece like Pulp Fiction and the Tarantino written From Dusk Til Dawn. I will admit Jackie Brown gets better with repeat viewings and I love Fonda's character and her demise in the mall parking lot. This one is still better than the boring Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bills are still his best work in my opinion.
This movie’s not so bad. It’s not up there with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, which Tarantino made before, but I remember thinking it’s not bad after seeing it
Imagine being behind the scenes surrounded by so much hilarious creativity! Null & void nowadays, but there was a time when people with personalities & comedic charisma were allowed to work together to create movie magic! 🤝
One of the best movies ever. I know some stupid people will come and say some shit and I do not care if you do not like this or you like Pulp or Reservoir more than this. Jackie Brown is a masterpiece and it has aged really well. Pam Grier should have won that Oscar. Anyway, it went to Helen Hunt for a rom-com. Good 90s joke. Robert Forster deserved a win at a major award too. Long live his works. What a movie, Quentin. What a movie!
Historically, winning an Oscar is a career killer. Jackie Brown will live on as a classic long after the competition has been forgotten. Spike needs to smoke a "joint."
The reason people don’t like it when it first came out it’s because it was right after pulp fiction! And there expectations were too high, but Quentin responded to the backlash and said he wanted to do something different so if you were expecting pulp fiction part 2 of course you’re gonna be disappointed! But now people go back and watch that movie and realise jackie brown is actually a Gem! One of Quentin Tarantinos bests.
I love a bunch of Tarantino's movies but this is one that I've never seen for one reason or another. I really need to get around to watching it sooner or later.
This is probably my second favorite QT movie after Django Unchained. A friend of mine and I were talking about QT movies one day and he asked if I had seen Jackie Brown and at the time(2012) it was the only one of his movies that I hadn't seen. So he brought it over and we watched it and I loved it. It really is so underrated and it's a shame that it got the reputation of being not pulp fiction 2. The whole cast is amazing.
It may be long and is a slow burn,but I'll take this movie any day over the overrated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,with its meandering and sappy ending,at least this film as slow as it is,is going somewhere,it has a point unlike the former.
It's funny that you just did this video about this movie, when I just found a copy of the book again last weekend. I've owned several copies that get lost somehow and I always have to replace it cuz it's one of my favorite Elmore Leonard books. Can't pick a favorite or of the almost 60 books of his I've read. The man is just that good of a writer. And this is the best adaptation of one of his books. Out of sight is almost better, but not as good of a story.
I grew up in Detroit, and I am very skeptical of anyone who tries to adapt Elmore Leonard. QT did such a great job with this. I've watched this more than any QT movie.
Pitied up against Helen Hunt that year, QT was correct. Pam Grier did have a far better performance in Jackie Brown. Notice no one brings up As Good As It Gets.
This movie is actually my favorite Tarantino movie. I think Pulp Fiction is still his best from what I've seen but there's just something about this one that is just so unique. RIP Robert Forster.
Mine, too.
It gets better with repeat viewings and it has aged very well IMHO.
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Was my favorite until Once Upon a Time In Hollywood. Now, it’s a close second.
@@RabbiSteve Both movies are homages to LA, just different parts of the city and different times.
Pam Grier was absolutey amazing in this film. Hell, all of the cast was perfect. This movie is infinitely re-watchabe. I might even go as far as saying it's his most re-watchable film.
IT WAS WOKE.
I still own dvds and have all of the Tarantino films. I enjoy them all, but this one is definitely the one I've watched the most. I've never really sat down and analyzed why that is, but I always give the side eye to people who say they didn't like Jackie Brown.
It's not. I re-watched it recently and it was a chore to get through just like I remember it being the first time. There's 'slow-burn' and then there's outright boring. Jackie Brown is the latter.
Many of QT's movies are crazy good rewatchable films. You miss so much stuff first time seeing them.
1. Pulp Fiction second viewing your looking for other stuff since we now know proper timeline.
2. Kill BIll is very rewatchable and almost feels like every chapter is it's own Movie Short.
3. Jackie Brown is something you could almost play on a loop just to be able to hang with these characters.
4. OUATIH has so many hidden easter eggs its worth watching to see what else you missed.
So many more but these come to mind right away.
Thats my man
Hands down my favorite Tarantino movie. He responded to all of his critics back in 1994 who thought he could only do violent movies by creating this slow burn gem.
Totally
All due respect, he didn't have many critics back then. Post-"Pulp Fiction", he was almost universally venerated. He was admired for the violence in his films. If he had any critics, they were few and far between and I doubt he cared.
Although if I remember correctly, when "Pulp Fiction" won the Palm D'or, some salty lady in the audience ridiculed Tarantino, yelling that it "was shit". Which is pretty funny.
I believe Tarantino made "Jackie Brown"....simply because he wanted to. I remember seeing him on the Charlie Rose show, promoting "Pulp Fiction", where he said for his next film he wanted to adapt a novel. So he did.
I was so disappointed with Kill Bill because I was so riveted by Jackie Brown and the mature direction, Tarantino was heading in.
Absolutely; Surprisingly tame movie with just gunning down a fellow in the trunk of a car, and gunning down a gal in a fast paced stroll in broad daylight in a shopping mall, and gunning down a buddy mid-conversation as an expression of disappointment, and a final wrapper of gunning down a fellow who was smart enough to make a ton of money delivering highly controlled, sophisticated weapons but not smart enough to get a hold his money.
Tarantino didn't answer anything. In the grand scheme of things 'Jackie Brown is OK. He's still a hack who goes for shock tactics.
Every character just felt so real in this movie. I often feel like I'm watching characters in movies. This movie I felt like I was watching people. The locations, the lighting, the mood. The police interogation offices felt like those offices, the bars felt like bars, the outdoor scenes you felt how hot and glaring the sun was. This is without a doubt deserving of a place on every best movie list.
Interesting point. Movies are visual and auditory, but reflecting back on this one, it's true that your mind fills in the feeing and even smells of the places from the way it was shot.
This is such an underrated movie. I'm always shocked when I see it at the bottom of people's Tarantino ranking
You won't see it in the bottom of mine.
9. Death Proof
8. Hateful Eight
7. Kill Bill
6. Django Unchained
5. Reservoir Dogs
4. Inglourious BasterdS
3. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2. Jackie Brown
1. Pulp Fiction
@@teppeiando I am happy to see Once upon a time in Hollywood higher then position 10 :)
@@Erynnin I can't complain about any order, because they are all masterpieces in completely different ways that speak in greater or softer volume to different individual people.
Mine:
10. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
9. The Hateful Eight
8. Kill Bill Vol. 1
7. Jackie Brown
6. Death Proof
5. Reservoir Dogs
4. Kill Bill Vol. 2
3. Django Unchained
2. Inglourious Basterds
1. Pulp Fiction
I think what makes it an underrated Tarantino movie is that it's a slow paced movie that isn't just BAM into the gangsters with cool lines before the gallon of blood is spilled and surf rock plays. It's a simple enough story that's linear and needs multiple views to be appreciated
It's crazy to think that Tarantino shot in a film in LA featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert DeNiro, Michael Keaton, Pam Grier, and Bridget Fonda for only 12 million. Incredible.
EXACTLY 👏👏👏👏
The movie actually made $74 million worldwide. Nice ROI
I saw it in a fairly crowded theater when it came out. When Pam Grier appeared on screen in that red dress, the whole audience let out a gasp! She´s such an incredible presence!
The final scene with her sitting in the car listening to Across 110th Street is my most favourite movie ending ever!
Crowded with joo's prolly.
@@jennyanydots2389 It was in Germany. Not quite sure what a joo is.
@@stellaVista germans collected all the joo blood in ww2 so they could transform their population into one of joo blood. Without the joo blood they couldn't be fiscally successful. Now they are all joo's.
I absolutely love this movie. In many ways it's Tarantino's most mature film.
Mature like porn mature? I didn't think the male on male action was that graphic between Keaton and Forester
@@jennyanydots2389 I was actually thinking emotional maturity, but then again there is Pam Grier...
@@jennyanydots2389 that scene where Michael Keaton rimmed De Niro and then munged Beaumont's body almost pushed it to an NC17
@@knickknackpattywack There's simply not enough munging going on in Hollywood these days. It's a shame. When the dementia really kicks in for Al Pacino I'd like to see him Grope For Trout in a Peculiar River with Bruce Willis.
@@jennyanydots2389 I agree. Munging needs to make a big screen comeback. There was gonna be a scene in the Hateful Eight where a couple of crackhead horndog cowboys were gonna munge all of the bodies at the end, but they stopped Tarantino from putting it in. He was furious!
I saw this movie for the first time tonight. Now I want to see everything Pam Grier has ever been in! She definitely has an archetype quality that empowers women. I can’t believe she wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar! I like Helen Hunt, but Pam out performed her and the other nominees!
This IS QT's best film. Not to say that he's made a bad one yet. (Though I am not a huge fan of Hateful 8.) I dig all of his films, even those he only wrote and didn't direct. And Jackie wasn't always my favorite. It became so in the early 2010s. I was transferring some of my VHS to DVD and rediscovered it. I watched it again like it was the first time. I forgot I was even taping it until the credits were ending. It's Quentin's most grounded film. That's one of the reasons why I love it so much. Don't get me wrong; many of his movies are great, but there's a hyper realism, almost a surrealism to most of them.
My favorite of his movies by far.
Pam Grier has always been one of my favorite actresses.
This was a great movie with great actors. My favorite movie with Pam Grier. She really shined in this movie.
She got her last vagina tuck for this video.
I remember walking out the theater on Christmas Day 1997 and realizing that Tarantino wasn’t just a flashy film recycler but a real, mature artist. One of the movie’s themes of dealing with getting older makes the picture develop ever richer hues with each passing year.
This is Tarantino's most realistic film. My personal favorite.
#METOO😁
I remember going into this movie expecting another Pulp Fiction. At the time I enjoyed it, but it definitely was not what I was expecting. However, I would say that this movie stuck with me more than almost every other movie at that time (Dark City being the main one). After having seen it many times and buying it on VHS back in the day, I'd definitely rate it as my favorite QT movie. Also got into Elmore Leonard after this and have read most of his library.
Leonard and Tarantino were a match made in...well...somewhere.
I enjoyed it in the theater, and it never fails to please when viewed again and again.
personally, I think this is Tarantino's most underrated movie he's ever made. also fun fact: De Niro and Tarantino allegedly had a bit of a rough relationship while working on this movie
I heard that to apparently Tarantino didn't give de niro much direction
@@jamesmorant1406 he still gave a fantastic performance
@@teppeiando He was great
They were closeted at the time and in the middle of a lover's quarrel. Now that they aren't closeted they seem much happier together.
@@jennyanydots2389 what?
this is my FAVORITE Tarantino movie, its great cast sound track and just feel for the whole thing love it
Such an underrated flick!! I can't believe this one never gets the love it deserves.
EXACTLY 👏👏👏👏
I honestly think I became a man while watching this movie. It was one of the first movies I saw that wasn't a cartoon or a vapid action flick. The characters were actually talking to each other about... stuff.
There are a few things in life that gave me that, "I'm not sure why I enjoy this, but I think I'm a man now" feeling. Here's a few...
- Seeing Natalie Portman in 'The Professional'.
- My first kiss in the school auditorium.
- Watching 'The Howard Stern Show' in the 90s
- Playing GTA for the first time.
This movie is in my Top 10
Extremely underated
Highly recommend
Jackie Brown is one of my fave QT movies. The cast was excellent.
The expression on Robert Forster's face whenever he is looking at Pam Grier is absolutely priceless.
Why?
He looked so smitten 😂
This movie is so underrated. Love it and original in my collection on DVD.
DVD collection? Okay boomer.
Jackie Brown was my little families Christmas gift back in 1997. On Christmas Day we didn't get much but my Mom agreed to take me and my older brother to see Jackie Brown as a present. Till this day, I have a poster in my room from the movie.
Thanks Mom.
My favorite Tarantino film. Everything about this movie is perfect
What about the dog beating scenes? I thought they were unneccesary. It was later discovered that Keaton was really beating those animals with his shoe. Tarantino wanted extreme realisim so they shot all the dog beating scenes in the netherlands because there are no laws against beating dogs on film in the netherlands.
@Stefano Pavone We should talk about the Netherlands and how they almost seem to promote animal abuse through government-sanctioned programs. It's a sick group of people over there. Maybe we should design and build some camps where we can keep them. Somewhere that we can teach them to concentrate on the right things.
I love Jackie Brown. Pam Grier is so cool and its true, it does get better the more you watch it.
Could've done without the romance subplot with Robert Forster
I remember loving this film when i first seen it, i was in my last year of high school and nobody in my group of friends really liked it, everyone else in my class who had seen it said it was crap, boring, hardly anything happened and while i can understand why some might not click with it, it’s a very long movie with it’s biggest action scene being about two bags being switched, i just absolutely loved it.
One scene in particular that stood out to me when I first seen it was when Beaumont is finally convinced to get in the trunk, Ordell gets in the car and plays Strawberry Letter, turns up the volume (so cool it sounds like he turns up the volume on my tv) and then he drives off… but the camera stays and slowly moves as we see Ordell park around the corner and then shoots Beaumont but from such a far away camera angle. It still felt impactful even though we could barely see anything but it showed Ordell was a cold blooded killer. I just remember thinking i loved everything about that scene, the way the music was used, the way it was filmed, it was just different and brilliant.
The amazing performances, a believable story that’s paced in a way that almost feels real time with its lengthy scenes and it never goes over the top with its violence or set pieces. It’s mostly a very chill watch and just like Tarantino said of Once Upon A Time, it’s a hang out movie.
I absolutely love the relationship that builds between Pam Grier and Robert Forster. Although the entire cast is great, I could of quite happily watched an entire film with just those two characters.
Robert De Niro, who is my favourite actor of all time… i was initially a little underwhelmed by his mostly quiet performance, apart from when he gets stressed out later, I just didn’t expect his presence to be so quiet and i guess i was a little too young to appreciate what he was doing with the character. I’ve grown to love his more subtle performance over the years.
And the soundtrack is brilliant. I could go on and on about this movie, this post is way too long as it is.
It’s easily my favourite Tarantino movie, Hollywood is second and probably Inglorious is third.
My fav scene was when he and ordell in van and ordell says "WTF happened to you man? You used to be beautiful"...and then shot him!
One of Quentin Tarantino most underrated movies the cast was fantastic also his least violent movie
JB is Tarantino's finest. Hands down. It's less flashy than his others, but it's got a lot of heart.
Best flick he’s ever made, hands down.
Great essay, really enjoyed that.
Well done and thank you.
Great film that gets better with every watch. The cast and dialogue speaks for itself, like any tarantino film, and I'm still hooked on the soundtrack
This is certainly my favorite of Tarantinos movies. Great cast and pitch perfect performances from all. Highly rewatchable and enjoyable
Movie is in my top 10!
Excellent performance from top cast, fast paced story with interesting twists, treasure of famous quotes and then there is the soundtrack!
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I've said it once and I'll say it again. Jackie Brown is one of the greatest films ever made.
It's Quentin's best Film. Of course the others are great. But this one is special kind of great
One of my favorite , lesser known Tarantino pieces 🙌🏽🎬
When I watched this flick for the first time, I really didn't like it and quit because it's so much different from what Tarantino usually does. After many years when I gave it another chance, I had a total blast!! It's one of Tarantino's best flicks and I personally rank it higher than Pulp fiction.
Always hard to say which Tarentino film is the best but Jackie Brown is no doubt top 3, if not possibly the best.
Very underrated and one of my favorite Tarantino movies. Fantastic cast, fantastic movie!
I was disappointed the first time I watched it when it came out, but it really grew on me and I now love this movie.
I love this movie. In my opinion it didn't get the love it deserved because it's not as "Tarantino-y" as the rest of his movies. It's just a little more restrained than almost everything else he has done (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the same until the final act). But too many people just wanted the full Tarantino experience.
It IS the most underated Tarantino movie.
Definitely one of my favorite Tarantino films. Brilliant casting. Pam and Robert Forster aero great together.
Easily the BEST Tarantino movie to date. I'll take Jackie Brown over his later period films any day of the week.
All time favorite Q.T film. Plus the soundtrack is phenomenal, bloodstone natural high, perfect
My favorite Tarantino film!!! It feels like his most heart felt movie. Love it. Ill watch it forever.
Pam was smokin hot back then. Still looks fantastic today.😍
Dear narrator of this wonderful channel, 🗣️THANKKKK YOUUUUU specifically for the point made at 12:06 - 12:54 in this video. 🙏🏾
#Bravo
Jackie Brown sort of resurrected Pam Grier's career. I immediately went out and bought the Foxy Brown and Coffee dvds.
That was nice, enjoyed it.
Disagree on the singular point that it wasn't unique. I don't think I've seen another movie with its precise vibe. Pulp Fiction is close.
Great film! One I could go back to without hesitation, unlike his first two and many of his others.
When I say this is one of MY FAVORITE ALL TIME TOP 10 movies….. Everything about this movie is perfect! I love quinton Terintino for this movie. This film is incredibly underrated and can rival any ensemble cast of any film of all time. Just simply brilliant👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This film is how I learned about Bobby Womack. Became one of my favorite artist of all time.
I loved Jackie Brown, very underrated movie ❤❤❤
I love this movie. It's different than Pulp Fiction but that's not a bad thing IMO.
Hand down one of my favourite QT's movie. This movie stuck with me even more that his action one that's why you know it's a great story.
Okay. Elmore Leonard was impressed by a writer called George V Higgins, whose first novel
“Friends of Eddie Coyle “was the runaway success (In the tv series justified, Raylan Givens is seen and quoted, I read this book 10 times when Elmore Leonard was one of the producers). what is one of the main characters in the novel called ? Why Jackie Brown…(it really is a great first novel by the way)
And it's also a great film, "Friends of Eddie Coyle". I actually just upgraded my Criterion dvd copy to bluray and gave the dvd to a friend of mine, who watched it for the first time and loved it.
The "Jackie Brown" character appears in the film also.
@@mcnultyssobercompanion6372 good to know - I’ll check the movie out 👍
My Top 3 Tarantino Films are:
1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Jackie Brown
This movie is very good.
My favorite Tarantino film. 🙌🏾
Jackie Brown is to Tarantino as Chasing Amy was to Kevin Smith. Third attempt with a matured sensibility that produced a stellar cult favorite. Jackie Brown has ALWAYS been a favorite of mine.
I always assumed when he heard he liked the 1:06 delfonics he knew he was in with Jackie
Jackie Brown is definitely my favorite Tarantino movie.
Jackie Brown is my favorite of Tarantino, for me is the end of his good years
This was my favorite Tarantino movie by far.
Another Quentin Tarantino/Pam Grier connection is in QT's first film, "Reservoir Dogs." The brief connection gives mention of Grier by the group of Nice Guy Eddie, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Pink, and Mr. Orange as they are driving to the pre-caper meeting just after picking up Mr. Orange. Pam Grier is mistakenly identified as starring in either the television series or the film of "Get Christie Love" during Nice Guy Eddie's story about E-Lois (a waitress at one of "Daddy's" clubs.)
Saw this opening day on Christmas,what a masterpiece.
I had this movie rented out from what is now the last Blockbuster in Bend Oregon on 9/11
Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino movie!
My favorite Tarantino movie - it’s mature, emotional, and characters are so well fleshed out.
When I saw this on release day in 1997, I seem to be the only person that was disappointed coming from a masterpiece like Pulp Fiction and the Tarantino written From Dusk Til Dawn. I will admit Jackie Brown gets better with repeat viewings and I love Fonda's character and her demise in the mall parking lot. This one is still better than the boring Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bills are still his best work in my opinion.
3:23 I was not prepared for that joke!
This movie’s not so bad. It’s not up there with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, which Tarantino made before, but I remember thinking it’s not bad after seeing it
It's my favorite Tarantino movie and Pam Grier still looks good
Imagine being behind the scenes surrounded by so much hilarious creativity! Null & void nowadays, but there was a time when people with personalities & comedic charisma were allowed to work together to create movie magic! 🤝
I remember liking this when I watched it on cable a few years after it's release, I need to revisit it.
This film captured the Elmore Leonard noir vibe big time.
Pam Grier went on to play first Live action Amanda Waller on Smallville and Robert Forster went on to be Heroes for many seasons.
Saw it in theaters back when it released. I wanna buy it digitally but this movie is hard to come by for some reason.
One of the best movies ever. I know some stupid people will come and say some shit and I do not care if you do not like this or you like Pulp or Reservoir more than this. Jackie Brown is a masterpiece and it has aged really well. Pam Grier should have won that Oscar. Anyway, it went to Helen Hunt for a rom-com. Good 90s joke. Robert Forster deserved a win at a major award too. Long live his works. What a movie, Quentin. What a movie!
Historically, winning an Oscar is a career killer. Jackie Brown will live on as a classic long after the competition has been forgotten. Spike needs to smoke a "joint."
First time seeing this movie years ago I had that soundtrack on repeat man!!!
I loved this since Day One. Decades later, it's still my favorite Q.T. movie.
The reason people don’t like it when it first came out it’s because it was right after pulp fiction! And there expectations were too high, but Quentin responded to the backlash and said he wanted to do something different so if you were expecting pulp fiction part 2 of course you’re gonna be disappointed! But now people go back and watch that movie and realise jackie brown is actually a Gem! One of Quentin Tarantinos bests.
I love a bunch of Tarantino's movies but this is one that I've never seen for one reason or another. I really need to get around to watching it sooner or later.
This is probably my second favorite QT movie after Django Unchained. A friend of mine and I were talking about QT movies one day and he asked if I had seen Jackie Brown and at the time(2012) it was the only one of his movies that I hadn't seen. So he brought it over and we watched it and I loved it. It really is so underrated and it's a shame that it got the reputation of being not pulp fiction 2. The whole cast is amazing.
It may be long and is a slow burn,but I'll take this movie any day over the overrated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,with its meandering and sappy ending,at least this film as slow as it is,is going somewhere,it has a point unlike the former.
It's funny that you just did this video about this movie, when I just found a copy of the book again last weekend. I've owned several copies that get lost somehow and I always have to replace it cuz it's one of my favorite Elmore Leonard books. Can't pick a favorite or of the almost 60 books of his I've read. The man is just that good of a writer. And this is the best adaptation of one of his books. Out of sight is almost better, but not as good of a story.
Jackie Brown is an underrated gem. Tarantinos best movie. Pam Griers performance was Oscar-worthy!
Spike Lee will always find something to whinge about.
Man I love this movie very much. It'll be great to re-watch again soon.
Its a great film, whist its no Pulp Fiction, it's my next favourite QT movie.
Easily on my top 3 list of all time, it's perfect.
A lot of people don t know this but Jackie brown was also in the friends of Eddie coyle he was the young gun runner who got busted at the train stop
I grew up in Detroit, and I am very skeptical of anyone who tries to adapt Elmore Leonard. QT did such a great job with this. I've watched this more than any QT movie.
I’m from Philly- I love the Delphonics.
Pitied up against Helen Hunt that year, QT was correct. Pam Grier did have a far better performance in Jackie Brown. Notice no one brings up As Good As It Gets.
Probably one of my favourites tbh. It's Tarantino at his most restrained.
tarantino didn't write pulp fiction alone, he certainly put his name to it, but the cowriter is Roger Roberts Avary , but they are cool now.