Pam Grier Should Have Been Nominated

Rating: 9/10 (12 August 2019)

I just watched Jackie Brown for the first time in about 10 years.
Unlike Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction this is told in chronological order. And whilst it lacks the wow of Pulp or the simplicity of Reservoir its a more mature movie. Tarantino shows he does not need to use violence to hold an audience. That is not to say there is no violence in the movie, there is, but there are only four deaths and you don't really see anything.
Pam Grier is a joy, Samuel Jackson is great at delivering Tarantino dialogue. Michael Keaton is as great as he always is, as is Robert De Niro (but I'm not sure I could see Sly in the role, especially the scenes in the mall) but it's Robert Forster who was Oscar nominated. Personally, I think Grier should have been too.
I like how Grier was cast in this, and certain changes were made (Her name in the novel was Jackie Burke and she was white) The director thought she was the best person for the role, so she got it, like with Morgan Freeman in The Shawdhank Redemption, he was supposed to be a white, red haired Irish guy, but Freeman was the best for the role.
One thing I will never understand is why Max does not leave with her at the end.
Jackie Brown grossed $39 million dollars (against a $12 million budget) at the domestic box office.