The funniest film about racism, and that's a sentence that may never be typed again.

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2013)

For the past twenty years, writer/director Quentin Tarantino has been entertaining us in a hilariously cringing way. Sadly, those twenty years have only brought us only eight films (not counting his writing and producing efforts). But yet each one of those eight films has a marvelous quality. One of his qualaties is his killer dialogue, which is always whip smart and hilarious.
Another quality is this: Tarantino has a gift for making the most serious of topics hilarious. This was displayed three years ago with his last film, Inglourious Basterds (my favorite film of 2009), which revolved around a group of Jewish Americans known as "The Basterds", who hunted down the Third Reich. With "Basterds", Tarantino re-wrote history in an extraordinary way, which probably led to a lot of bickering from historians. His latest film, Django Unchained, is even more controversial. Historians might bicker again. Forget'em. Sit back, shut up, and get consumed by QT's latest revenge fantasy.
Django (Jamie Foxx, who I don't like but is enjoyable here) is a slave in the 1800's. Enter Dr. King Shultz (the expectedly brilliant Christoph Waltz, whose show-stealing performance in "Basterds" led him to a much deserved Oscar),a dentist/bounty hunter who lets Django free and gives him an offer he can't refuse: If he helps him hunt down some people, then he will help him find his wife, Bromhilda (the always lovely Kerry Washington). Bromhilda, as it turns out, is currently the slave of a damn lunatic plantation owner named Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio, giving one of his best performances).
Waltz is always perfect, but really when DiCaprio is on screen it is his show. Like Waltz's Hans Landa from "Basterds", Tarantino has written yet another scene stealing villain. Candie is a maniac, and once DiCaprio steps on screen, he, as he says in the film,"had my curiosity, but now you have my attention". Lastly, in his best performance in years, we have Samuel L. Jackson as Candie's conniving slave, Stephen. Almost unrecognizable in latex, Jackson's character is what the true definition of a bastard is. Great supporting work from the three. I expect to see at least one of them on the ballot this season.
I have absolutely no idea where Django Unchained compares with every other QT film, because it feels like every QT film is better than the last. I can tell you that it's no Pulp Fiction, but that said, not many movies are as good as that one. What I can tell you is that this is one of the year's best, without a doubt in my mind. This is the funniest movie about racism, and that is probably a sentence that will never be typed ever again.
But while being hilarious, it is also cringingly real, and it doesn't shy away from the fact that this period happened. The fact that a man could combine drama, action, and comedy together is really something to admire. Forget what Spike Lee has said. He's a hack compared to Tarantino. I loved every second of this film. I will admit that is does sort of run on a little too long, but really it's just a bloody good time from the opening credits and onward.
A+