Jackie Brown (1997) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!
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- Jackie Brown (1997)
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R.I.P. Robert Forster. He was nominated for an academy award for his role as Max Cherry. He's one of my favorites. He played a great villain in Heroes series and was fantastic in his guest appearances in Breaking Bad, et. al.
Oh, Max Cherry. I always saw his face here and there. I was too young to actually recognise how big a deal he was.
He was great in the 1980 monster flick Alligator, which is actually better than you'd expect, as well as his appearance in Twin Peaks season three.
Medium Cool, Vigilante, Alligator, I grew up loving Robert Forster...It's funny though that he has a way better hairline in Jackie Brown than in Alligator lol.
Like Mike 😭❤️ one of my comfort movies
Robert Forster was awesome, but his performance as Max Cherry is overrated
Another great Tarantino movie, R.I.P Robert Forster, his character is such a cool dude..
He was funny in his last role as Tim Allen's father on Last Man Standing.
He was a great Actor,we still miss him, May he Rip
Cool actor absolutely! Cool character, not so much
Jackie Brown is hands down my favourite Tarantino film. It's his most mature movie to date. And, it was the first of his movies that spent a lot more time on character monologues, and less time on violence. The cast is perfect. Pam Grier is amazing in this film.
Amen!
Without a doubt!
Agree. Its the one Tarantino film that feels like it dosent take place on his universe
@@tecumseh821 Right! If this film came out today it would be praised as one of his best, but it's literally the film that bridged between his ultra violent films to his dialogue heavy/character focussed films. I'm glad it feels so separate to the rest, because it is, but it played such a vital role in his directing growth.
Ripley from Aliens and Jackie Brown are my favorite heroine movies of all time
This is low-key Tarantino's best film, IMO. So glad to see you guys reacting to it.
Okay, how can something be the best but also "low-key?" Is it the best or isn't it?
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Definition of low key: "not elaborate, showy, or intensive; modest or restrained."
That's why I think it's his best. The one that sort of crept up on me. One day I caught myself thinking, "Yep, this is his best film." I can think something is the best for any reason I want. My opinion is not the universal truth of what Tarantino's best film is, my guy.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks their opinion is the low-key part. its what they believe but theyre not willing to fight people over it.
“Is he falling in love?” Well, it IS Pam Grier…
Also, on point with the cinematography. Tarantino tends to use a very static camera and allows the action in frame to play off of it to help generate tension-snappy dialogue and movement against a camera that seems to just be sitting and watching.
I had a sweetheart in 7th grade who was from Mauritius and she looked just like Pam Grier back in the 70s except with long straight hair. When I saw this movie a few years later, I was weirded out lol.
This is my favorite Tarantino movie. He really does fantastic work with characters here. And I think he tried to capture the kind of hyper-realism that Elmore Leonard, who wrote the novel this is based on, uses in his writing style. A great example of this is when Ordell tells Louis to wait in the car and says when you press the button the car will go “oot-oot-oot, and then we follow Louis to the car just long enough to hear it make the exact sound Ordell described. Also when Ordell asks about the pictures in Max’s office and Max says “he works here,” and then later in the movie we see him working there.
Roger Ebert also pointed out that Tarantino gives his characters time to think. There are spaces between the lines of dialogue for the characters to think of what to say or do. The best example is when Ordell takes almost a full minute to consider everything that has happened before deciding, “It’s Jackie Brown.”
This film isn’t as flashy as most of QT’s others and I think that’s why it flies under the radar, but I truly believe it is his most well-made film.
If only Tarantino made more films like this instead of having to rely on over the top violence like he's done in every film since Kill Bill. My thinking is that because of this film's lacklustre financial success, he had to resort to going nuts with violence. Not to say his films aren't awesome, but I've certainly noticed a creative turning point since this film's release.
it's always been a little funny to me that QT made his most mature film when he was a relatively young man. even a movie like once upon a time in hollywood, which deals with a lot of the same themes as jackie brown, has that hyper-stylized, not-quite-real feel he's been working since kill bill. (he's made great movies since, including hollywood, but they just feel very different compared to something like j.b.)
It's probably his best plot. The soundtrack is fantastic, too.
Yeah, my favorite of his too. Great flick, great cast.
It’s sort of the “Barry Lyndon” of Tarantino films… there’s a lot to take in at a slow pace. I hated BL when I first watched it “why is everything taking so long.?” but I grew to like it later. Ditto for Jackie Brown… and I prefer to think Max came to his senses and followed her to Spain, he DID say he was retiring…
Pam is a 70s and 80s icon. She starred in early "blaxploitation" films like COFFY. She is legend
Dont forget Foxy Brown
When Tarantino wrote the part for her and asked her to star in it she knew about his reputation by that point of resurrecting 70s actors who couldn't get jobs anymore and was slightly offended and told him she had just played a part in mars attacks and she didn't need the help but he said that wasn't the point and he talked to her for a few hours and convinced her to take the role
Pam Grier is LEGENDARY. That tense music during the mall scene is originally from the Soundtrack to Coffy, one of her best movies. Sid Haig played the judge in Jackie Brown, and has co-starred with Grier in a few films.
The pyscho clown in House of 1,000 Corpses?
@@OneEyedJack1970 You got it. The Big Bird Cage is great movie starring them both. They have good chemistry. He's in Coffy too, but has a lesser-role.
They both did several of those "woman in prison" movies that were all filmed in The Philippines done by Jack Hill and Roger Corman.
Grier didn't know he was the judge until she walked on to the set. She apparently starting cracking up that he, of all people, was the judge.
Fun fact: Tarantino would constantly try to force Pam to sleep with him while filming, to the point her husband was gonna go and knock him out on set.
You know what was mind blowing…watching “Jackie Brown” in the same theater Max Cherry walked out of in the Del Amo mall.
That is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!! And I thought I had it good - I saw it one night in a really big, rundown theatre in Times Square, packed to the gills with a very wild and weird crowd, a cross-section of the whole city/world. I remember a guy started moaning in approval when the camera cut to Bridget Fonda's soles, lol. I believe someone sparked a joint in the middle of it as well, lol.
This film has matured like a fine wine. I thought it was good when it came out but it gets better every time I see it. Pam Grier, Robert Forster and Samuel are exceptional.
I think a lot of it (I don't know if this applies to you personally) has to do with looking at the fullness of Tarantino's career and recognizing this does stand up probably better than some of the others.
It has become my favorite Tarantino film over the years.
This is absolutely my favorite Tarantino film. It’s so restrained and feels so mature, yet has a lot of classic tropes we expect from Tarantino (the soundtrack, the fun dialogue, the crime elements, and shocking moments of violence). I always feel Tarantino hasn’t aged well after Jackie Brown. I feel like with each film (while amazingly entertaining and expertly made) feels so similar in Tarantino revisiting his love for classic westerns, exploitation films, and now revising historical periods. I love how this film feels mature in the characters it portrays and the lack of easy Tarantino flourishes we love him for.
Also, I love the love story in this precisely because it is a short-flinged romance. They make a big point how Jackie is a middle-aged women that has a lackluster career and has financial hardships. By the end this is the first time she probably can be the person she wants to be and the freedom to explore the world she wants to. And for Max, this is made him have passion for life that’s been missing and so he chooses to leave the business. This romance was necessary and vital for each other but outside of the heist they are their own different (and obviously older) people with wants and desires. I loved it. It’s so beautiful that by the end they share a slow, tender kiss that is full of love and passion that a lot romances in movies are sorely missing.
Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack is a perfect soundtrack song for this movie.
I loved the song so much, I went back and watched the 1972 crime drama movie that it comes from.
The band Peeping Tom did a solid cover of 110.
I hope they go back and listen to it. Such a fantastic song.
Yes this is my favorite Tarantino soundtrack by far!!! Across 110th Street , Love Letter Strawberry 23 & Street Life are amazing songs & fit this film perfectly 💯
Fun fact: Michael Keaton made a cameo playing the same character Ray Nicolette in the movie Out of Sight (1998)
He did you beat me too that comment, funny i was watching that movie a couple of weeks ago. Samuel Jackson is also in it
so glad you guys loved this one. i was 19 when this came out, and i loved it from the very first time i saw it, but it's also a movie that's meant more and more to me each year as I've gotten closer to jackie and max's age. even by the late 90s it was rare for a hollywood movie to feature a real romance among middle-aged folks, and to deal with topics like aging, regret, starting over etc. a beautiful movie, and pam grier and robert forster were never better.
So,true!
Two Nicholson films, As Good As It Gets and Something’s Gotta Give, are pretty good. Nothing like JB at all, but good middle-aged/older romances.
Beautifully said, and I completely agree. I saw it in my 20s and it resonated even then, but now it's really close to home.
I was 20, so I get EXACTLY where you’re coming from. And, yes, it gets better and better over time
Russia House has a good mature romance, Sean and Michelle (?)
Robert Forester who played Max Cherry was nominated for an Oscar for this performance! ❤
Robert Forster RIP😥
Pam Grier is a legend. Love her as Jackie. She is well known for 70's cult films like Coffy and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Absolute action goddess. I still hope you guys will react to Cape Fear (1991). De Niro was epic in it. Awesome reaction!
Cape Fear was just on the BBC so I've finally seen it. Would be a good reaction.
YES! Definitely "Cape Fear"! Another one of the big movies of the 90s with no reactions! "Jackie Brown" has been rectified; "Cape Fear" can't be too far behind! ("Boogie Nights" needs way more reactions as well!).
Cape Fear (1991) needs to be reacted to by someone at this point. Great movie.
This is by far my favourite Tarantino film. Perfectly cast, well acted, mature without violence just for shock value, and a soundtrack to absolutely die for. Hits all the marks.
Thank you Samantha and TBR Schmitt for this reaction of Jackie Brown!
My all time favorite Tarantino film and his best film in my opinion. One of my all time favorite movies.
Jackie Brown is the best terantino ever made. This is just a perfect movie. The story, the music, the camerawork, the actors, the pace. Everything fits together so well...
Robert Forster, who played Max, had notable roles in the later 60s and 70s. But then eventually ended up doing a lot of B movies. He was going to give up acting and planned to teach when Tarantino, who was a fan, called him about Jackie Brown. The movie rejuvenated his career.
Most notable for me was The Black Hole.
The bail bonds scenes were filmed in Carson, where I grew up. My dad's print shop was a few block away, and they paid my dad to store De Niro's trailer in his parking lot at night
@20:56 "End of message". If I remember correctly thats Tarantino's cameo.
Pam Grier also has a memorable role in an episode of Miami Vice (with John Turturro).
Pam Grier is a legend. Tarantino used her because of nostalgia. She was in a lot of old school blaxploitation films from the 70’s. She was every young black man’s dreamgirl lol. Her poster was in a lot of boys bedrooms. Including her playboy centerfold. Lol.
The Ray Nicolette character also shows up in “Out of Sight”, it’s another Elmore Leonard adaptation. Great movie
Also cool that Michael Bowen (Michael Keaton’s) partner and Robert Forster had pretty big roles in Breaking Bad as Uncle Jack and Ed the vacuum “cleaner” man , my two favorite characters in supporting roles from that show
Pam Grier was and is the queen of the Blaxploitation Pictures of the 70's. Tarantino saw them all when he worked at the video store. His got his knowledge of all kinds of movies working and watching all the movies there.
Excellent movie, think it is in the top 3 of Tarantino's movies. It gave Pam Grier and Robert Forster's careers a second wind and deservingly so they were both great here.
It's such a turn for Tarantino for what could still be viewed as his most mature film. At 34 years old, he made what looked like a heist film but what really is a meditation on getting old and starting over. It's incredibly deep for someone who was so young at this time.
Robert Forster was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. This film had very good reviews when it came out. It was also adapted from a Elmore Leonard story.
I saw Pam Grier speak in person a few years ago at a retrospective of her 70s movies here, and she was hilarious.
A lot of people say that Tarantino wasted a DeNiro performance on role that he was clearly overqualified for, but I love his performance..
This was Tarantino's love letter to Pam Grier. Also Robert Forster was just awesome and played the role of his life.
I LOVE Max’s smile when he turns around in the mall.
He’s always so serious and joyless, BUT, when he sees her there he cannot help but reveal how happy she makes him.
I LOVE Jackie Brown. It’s my second favourite Tarantino movie outside of PF.
Anyone who watched a lot of movies in the 70s and 80s are familiar with Pam Grier and Robert Forster, that’s my favorite
thing about Tarantino movies are the old time actors we all watched on hbo back then given roles in his movies, Jackie Brown is excellent and Pam and Robert are great! Thanks again!
It's definitely pronounced "Greer". This movie is (in part) an homage to Pam Grier's work in "blaxploitation" films in the 1970s in films like Foxy Brown, where she played the title role.
Rip to a great Actor Robert Forster,we still miss you
I honestly think this is Tarantino's best film. That's a controversial opinion, but I think it is absolute perfection from start to finish. It's different for him and isn't like his usual stuff.
I agree 👍 💯
I don't think it's a controversial opinion at all. I agree that it's Tarantino's best, most mature, film. The film perfectly captures a very specific time and place, the late 90's in L.A., and the characters are not overplayed. Just excellent.
@@cdcaleo I have seen it a million times. I love Jackie Brown. She and Max have a lovely romance. He could of easily taken the money after leaving the dressing room and took off but he did it all for her so she could have a life. He did it for her without any gains for himself. I love it so much...
@@jannathompson2262 i also like how the ending is ambiguous but max is a bail bondsman with Winston and they can easily find people and if he wanted to go to Spain to find her he easily could and probably does but we don't see it
FWIW, there's a sequel of sorts in "Out of Sight," released the next year. Also an adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, it features Ray Nicolette as a recurring character, and Keaton reprises the role.
there was a real run there of great leonard adaptations in the second half of the 90s. i'd also suggest you guys check out get shorty. it's not on the same level as jackie brown or out of sight, but it's still wildly entertaining.
If you liked Our of Sight and this check out Get Shorty same writer (The Books)
I love this one
There's also a prequel of sorts in "Life of Crime" which is based of the first Elmore Leonard book about Ordell and Louis. This one is about them as younger men back in the 70s.
Was going to mention this one to them. Great movie and has an appearance of a character from this movie.
This was one of a string of great adaptations of Elmore Leonard novels from the 90s. If you haven't done them yet, you REALLY ought to consider Get Shorty (1995) and Out of Sight (1998).
Fantastic dialogue in ALL of these films and now I know why. Lol.
For more great Elmore Leonard adaptations, you'd dig 1995's _Get Shorty_ with John Travolta, Gene Hackman, & Danny DeVito - a '90s Comedy classic. One for the list.
I second that. Love that movie.
Hombre with Paul Newman and 3:10 to Yuma. Leornard started writing westerns as well.
This is the Tarantino movie with the most heart, although Once Upon a Time in Hollywood runs it close in a different way. It was based on Rum Punch, a novel by Elmore Leonard, whose tight prose seemed to help reduce QT's usual tendency toward verbosity.
I was about to say the same exact thing about this being his movie with the most heart......with Once Upon A Time In Hollywood a close second! Ha! And yeah, you still get Tarantino dialog, but it has not turned into a caricature of itself (as in "Kill Bill" imo). In fact, I can't think of any dialog in "Jackie Brown" that feels out of place. Even in "Pulp Fiction", I can do without most of Willis' girlfriend at the motel, and the cab scene before it. Not a fan of the Superman speech in KB, or lots of the dialog in "Death Proof". "Jackie Brown" just flows from beginning to end. Definitely Elmore Leonard sets this film apart from the others.
@@TTM9691 :)
Tarantino's most mature film, without question. Though I have a theory that because this film didn't do too well financially, that's when he made a turning point in his career where everything he made from Kill Bill and beyond was filled with extreme violence, guaranteeing asses in seats (even 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' for as mature and great overall as it is, ends with a sequence of absurd graphic violence that really undoes everything leading up to it).
I wish Quentin had done more films like this, and I'd love to see him make one more film set in the present, just to see how he portrays modern times.
PS, Pam Grier was totally robbed of an Oscar nomination.
Robbed agreed
@ShinRaPresident well I never said that at all. I think my point of his films being more over the top since this one is pretty obvious tbh 🤷
Kill Bill 2 and Deathproof weren’t very violent, especially when compared to Kill Bill or Inglorious Basterds.
And saying the violent ending of OUATIH “undoes everything leading up to it” is factually incorrect.
COFFY and FOXY BROWN are the big Pam Grier action vehicles from the early 70s. Well worth checking out. JACKIE BROWN and RESERVOIR DOGS are my favorite Tarantino films.
This is definitely QT's most timeless film, because it's grounded in characters rather than clever plot conceits or genre pastiche. All of his films after JACKIE BROWN tend to put the conceptual cart before the character horse. This is a film that loves its characters more than its cool ideas.
My favorite Tarantino film. Still has the serpentine plot and eclectic style you'd expect from him, but it has a very strong emotional core with themes of aging, taking back power, and last chances where everything is on the table. It's a true "chef's kiss" movie.
Glad you guys enjoyed the film! I actually live about 15 mins from the Del Amo Mall where all the mall scenes were filmed. Still an awesome place, but it's basically unrecognizable now due to several years of renovations and remodeling lol
I just love the fact that amongst all the big stars in this movie Robert Forster and Pam Grier were the real stars of the movie and got to have a career renaissance after starring in this as they are both great at their craft and deserved it but that's what QT was great at, identifying talent that Hollywood had dismissed
I literally just remembered this film last week... in 7th grade my friends and I rented it and we were far to young to understand the scope of the film but we still became obsessed with it and we would play the soundtrack all the time and when we'd write each other notes in school we'd address it to Jackie Brown 1,2,3 and 4 ( I was Jackie Brown 1)... love that you guys are reacting to it!
Tarantino adapted the script from Elmore Leonard's novel 'Rum Punch' and Leonard said it was his favourite adaptation of his own work and was "the best screenplay I ever read". The only Tarantino film in which Quentin doesn't have a cameo role (though that's his voice on Pam Grier's answering machine!). Great reaction to an excellent film where every character is superb.
Its about time somebody watches this!!!
I saw this in the theater when it was a released, and have always loved it!
(Well, I also grew up where it was filmed)
I love the subtlety of Jackie driving the same honda that Butch (Willis) crashed in Pulp Fiction.
I grew up next to the Del Amo Mall, and remember seeing Quentin and Sam Jackson filming there. Little did I know that they were creating a masterpiece.
One of my favourite films of all time!
The Reason why Pam Grier Was Cast as Jackie Brown Is Because he Is A Pam Grier Fan Since The 1970s and fun Fact Before Jack Brown Pam Grier Played A Famous Character From The 1970s Blaxploitation Movie Name Foxy Brown (1974)
Jackie seized control of the narrative early on and rode it all the way through to the semi-satisfying (Max couldn't handle her) conclusion. Genius plot and execution by the entire cast. Great reaction as usual guys.
"Jackie Brown" was based on a novel (Rum Punch) by Elmore Leonard. He writes really smart and fun books, and several have been made into movies. "Out of Sight" stars George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, and features a fun cameo by Michael Keaton, playing Ray again. Also "Get Shorty" with John Travolta, Gene Hackman & James Gandolfini. Also "3:10 to Yuma" a western starring Russell Crowe.
The TV series "Justified" starring Timothy Oliphant and Walton Goggins is also based on a character Elmore created, and the Pilot episode is a pretty faithful re-telling of his short story "Fire in the Hole". All of these are great and worthy of a reaction.
This is hands down my favorite Tarantino film - from the soundtrack to the interaction between 2 legendary actors - Pam Grier and Robert Forster. Mr Forster (Max Cherry) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in this movie.
This doesn't feel like other Tarantino-written films because of the story. I believe it's the only screenplay he adapted from someone else's novel.
He wrote the rest of his movies from scratch.
I've found that people who aren't big Tarantino fans often consider this his best movie.
Liked and seconded! Perfectly describes my viewing experiences.
This is one very underrated movie . I am so happy that you both love Jackie Brown.... this is one of my favorite movies of all movies . Watching you both react and comment for this movie... I love this so much. You both got so invested in this right from the beginning and I was rooting for Jackie and Max also . TBR was right.... murder is not an appropriate response to being annoyed . I was also shocked when Louis lost his cool in the parking lot and killed Melanie.... he took a huge chance that no one would have heard or seen that in broad day light .
For me this is like most of Tarantino's films.... another favorite to my list. I am adding this to my favorites list in reactions to see again . You add a lot to your channel and it shows . Thank you TBR& Samantha .
I clicked so damn fast! I love this movie. The early days of Tarrantino are still my favorite. His first three films are perfect in my opinion.
This is my favorite Tarantino film, but I seem to have a thing for Elmore Leonard adaptations. TBR's pronunciation of Pam Grier was correct. Her and Robert Forrester were a lot more famous in the 70's and 80's.
I forgot to mention what a great job you did with the editing. It was something I took note of while watching as I have seen this movie a few times now. Well done!
"Jackie Brown" was Tarantino's first movie after "Pulp Fiction," so some of the fans might have expected something closer to that movie in its tone or flashier. That movie was a cultural phenomenon and instant classic where everyone was quoting it and buying the soundtrack, and seeing it multiple times.
The mid-'90s post "Pulp Fiction" was a cool time for movies like this. Famous actors were playing against type in these violent, gritty kind of movies and taking less than their regular pay just for the experience, like Michael Keaton and Bridget Fonda here, or John Cusack in "Grosse Point Blank" to name a few, and when John Travolta was in "Pulp Fiction."
This is my absolute favorite Tarantino film, and I think his best one.
Pam Greir was the queen of black explotation in the 70s.
You mean blaxploitation films
@@kevaunmitchell1316 yeah that's what I meant, thanks for the correction bro🙏
My absolute favorite performance of Samuel L. Jackson’s career. Natural Born Killers (1994), was written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Oliver Stone. It stars Woody Harrellson and Robert Downey Jr.
Ignoring Juliette Lewis and Tommy Lee Jones too? Ok. I love Natural Born Killers, though.
Also, I agree with what you said about Samuel's performance in this movie too (Jackie Brown). But everyone involved did a fantastic job as well.
@Vahan Eloyan No. XD I was referring to Samuel's performance in Jackie Brown, if clarification was needed.
I like him in Unbreakable a bit more, but this is an outstanding performance. No doubt
Except, Tarantino dislikes and wants nothing to do with Oliver's Natural Born Killers since it's been rewritten and changed from QT's original script. The only credit QT accepts is creating the story...everything else is Oliver's.
@@Tusc9969 You are very correct, on all accounts. I wish that, if QT is only going to make one last film, that he would remake the movie as his vision entails. I still have a heavy affection for the film, though.
I had the privilege of seeing this at its Austin Texas premiere in late 1997, covering the event for the San Antonio Express-News, and getting to hang out with directors Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Spy Kids, Alita: Battle Angel), Mike Judge (King of the Hill TV series, Office Space, Idiocracy), Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly - which I highly recommend for your channel) and a lot of other amazing people. Quentin Tarantino was there too, but he was surrounded by a tightly-packed entourage (it was his first film as a director since Pulp Fiction, and he had recently written and co-starred in Rodriguez's From Dusk till Dawn, the popular cult jailbreak/vampire film starring George Clooney) and I had to ask him questions from afar. And I definitely feel it is Tarantino's best film, a truly engaging caper/middle-aged romance. Highly recommend tracking down the filmographies of both Robert Forster (Max Cherry) and Pam Grier. They are both amazing actors who should be better known than they are.
That's a great memory! Hey, check out Linklater's NEW movie, "Apollo 10 1/2", fantastic, another animated film. Totally beautiful, super nostalgic and yet manages to send a message to the present.
One thing I remember is that this film had GREAT trailers, which you only caught before other films in the cinema (this was pre-internet), or maybe on TV.
One had Tarantino himself narrating part of it:
"Pam Grier IS ..."
Jackie Brown.
"Pam Grier IS!!"
Jackie Brown.
"PAMELA GRIER IS!!!!!!"
Jackie Brown.
I miss discovering movies through the trailers in the theaters. Now, they get introduced on the internet without the surprise. I still remember how the audience gasped at the sight of Clint Eastwood in the trailer for "Unforgiven," and John Goodman in the teaser for "The Flintstones."
"She's pushing it..." 😲🤭
That shocked me the first time I saw Jackie Brown. Melanie was such a fun trouble-causing side character.
There are some other movies out there based on the writings of Elmore Leonard worth checking out, which I'm sure your comments will be flooded with. I'm particularly fond of Out of Sight, for its nod to JB.
When I saw this in the theater, Melanie getting shot literally made me jump in my seat more than any horror movie has.
Another great pick 👍
Also, the whole cast was perfect in their roles.
Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino movie. Seen this movie countles times, but never get tired of watching it. The dialogue in this movie is brilliant.
Bridget Fonda was in some fun, mostly inconsequential movies in the 90s that are a really entertaining watch. Singles, Point Of No Return and Single White Female would all be a hoot for reactions.
I totally admit that I actually paid to see this probably 5 or 6 times and then watched it more on cable later. It is perfection!
Great reaction / review guys, as always!! Y'all be safe. Oh, I'll be watching your review a couple or more times. Just like your Unforgiven and the Spaghetti westerns!!
I'm pretty sure I saw this 3 times at the theater during its original run. So great!
Jackie Brown was somehow the only Tarantino movie that I hadn't already watched and I specifically held off on watching your reaction so I could get to it first. What a great flick!
Highly, highly recommend watching Out Of Sight, George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, after this. It's an amazing movie and actually connected to this one
I really like this film, even though it may not be as crazy as a lot of QT's other works, it's so well written, such great characters, acting, etc. It's funny too if you hear the backstory about the making of the film. QT is an obvious film buff and he noted that the trajectory of a lot of his favorite directors, they'll come out with around 10-12 films in their lifetime, and usually the first couple are real, head turning, loud, young, youthful, energetic films etc similar to his Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. And then as the filmmaker ages, usually when they're near 60 or so, they'll release a film at the end which is a little slower, more mature, more thoughtful, and critics will all go, "Wow, it's so refreshing to see X filmmaker mature and really have something to say." But QT said screw that, I'm gonna make that film NOW. I'm gonna make that mature, thoughtful, 60 year old filmmaker film now in my 30s because I can, just to show the world that I could make this movie anytime I want to, and I'll do it as good as the best of them. And he did. Jackie Brown feels like it has an old soul to it, even though Tarantino was still relatively young when he made it.
this is my favourite Tarantino movie, just love the story and the actors are great, plus the soundtrack.
This is the most underrated in QT’s catalog, and the only one of his movies based on someone else’s material, Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch. DeNiro is hysterical in this.👍
Definitely! It's a shame Jackie Brown kinda gets lost in the shuffle among Tarantino's other films.
This is definitely the least known film of his but usually if you watch all of his films, Death Proof is probably the least regarded one.
My favorite Tarantino movie. A masterpiece.
Most underrated Tarantino Movie ... absolut Masterpiece. The Acting in it is incredible. SLJ, Pam Grier and Rober Forster were awesome
Soooo happy you guys covered this one... It's my fave Tarantino flick, and in my top 10 overall... a true unsung hero of a movie.
My favourite Tarantino film. Great cast, stunning soundtrack and so well made.
Excellent reaction/review you two. I really like this movie. Pam Grier was outstanding and Robert Forster as Max Cherry was as well. Great writing and acting all around, one of my favorite Tarantino films actually. Thank you.
Out of Sight is worth a watch, it’s also a fun breezy crime movie with a lot of good performances. It’s adapted from a book written by the same guy who wrote the book Jackie Brown is based on. If you loved this one, that is a must watch
as many of the other commenters have correctly stated, this movie was Tarantino kneeling at the alter of Pam Grier. She was a straight up smoke show in the 70's and still had it in the 90s.
Favorite Tarantino movie! Quite underrated, but I think people are catching on. I can't count how many times I've seen it and it's always so enjoyable! Love that you're reacting to it.
Tarantino recently has stated this is his least favorite film of his but I think it's because of his ego. He stated he doesn't really like it because he didn't write the original story which is ridiculous for me. This is my favorite film of his for years now. Pam Grier is a goddess and an amazing underrated actress. Loved the review.
Wow. That's the opposite of how he used to talk about it. I know he's stated that it feels different from the rest of his work because he didn't write the original story but I never heard that he doesn't like it!
Awesome movie. One of my all time favorites and it was fun watching ya'll react and see it for the first time 😁👍
Everyone in this movie should have won an award's for their performances
Watching this makes me nostalgic for the 90s, cassette tapes, malls, department stores,no-one had cell phones.
I thought I was one of the last people to get a CD player back then. Because I had a car with a tape player, I kept buying tapes and always put off getting a CD player installed.
I love that you guys liked this movie. I've been waiting for someone to watch and reveiw this. Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino film.
My fav QT film. Very rewatchable, makes more sense on repeated viewing.
I adore this film. Writing at it's finest. And the cast is perfect.
2 facts: 1) when she’s walking to her jail cell, the song “Long time woman” is from 1971 and it’s sung by Pam Grier herself, who was SHOCKED to hear her song in the finished film. 2) The judge is played by her old co-star Sid Haig, known for his low budget horror films, but back in the day, was in a few of her 1970’s exploitation flicks. When I first saw Sid haig as the judge, I was FLOORED. That is how much Quentin loves Pam Grier
You should definitely check out the movie 'Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia' [1974] directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Also his movie 'Straw dogs' [1971] starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George.
Both are films, that I believe could be huge inspirations to Tarantino's filmmaking.
In this star filled movie, the one that shines the brightest to me is Pam Grier. I love her facial expressions and bearing as Jackie Brown. Kudos to the script writes, what an impressive role with an actress who can pull it off with no sweat.
FUN FACTS: When Jackie is caught with cocaine, and goes to jail, the music playing is a young Pam Grier singing "Long Time Woman." Known as an actress, it's one of the few rare songs she made.
When Max walks out with the bag of beach towels (aka money), the hip music playing is music from a club scene in "Coffy" a 1973 Pam Grier film.
Quentin Tarrantino was a huge fan of 70s film stars, and likes to resurrect their careers by putting them in his movies. Jackie Brown helped resurrect Pam's career, which had slowed down during 80s and early 90s.
Somehow missed this one so thanks for the reaction. A movie that has a similar vibe but more comedy is Get Shorty 😉
You guys pick the best films for reactions! I LOVE Jackie Brown, unreservedly, whether we're talking about the movie, the character or the actress, I love them all. This may be my favorite Tarantino film, because of its integrity, the feel of realism. Sure the others had flashier elements, but that's the point with this one. We know these places and we've seen these people. It's like learning a realistic back story about people we see every day but don't know, and that story is really lurid, and just below the surface. So good!