One of Tarantino's best

Rating: 9/10 (29 August 2013)

Such lightness of touch, exemplified by the bounty hunting dentist. Great scenes, some memorable dialogue, striking visual jokes. The scene where a large group of horsemen try to take retribution on the two heroes is very Pythonesque - in fact taking a series of genres and subverting them is one of the features of this film. And the use of music is so clever as it is perfectly pitched to be in the style of whichever genre is at the forefront, yet both paying homage and sending up that genre at the same time. I am struggling to find much fault. The worst performance and scenes include the director who for a laugh tries to put on an Australian accent (though at one point it slips into South African). The Uncle Tom character played by Samuel L Jackson is important as he is the only one to notice the scam, and the scene where he sits all comfortable drinking brandy is weird as it is almost like he is running the place.