So slow!!!

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 1999)

I loved Pulp Fiction and had just discovered the delights of Elmore Leonard and so I was looking forward to a real treat with Jackie Brown. But for me it didn't work. The richness of Elmore Leonard's characterisation, developed through the interactions of the characters in various plots and subplots was too much pared away. A lot of the humour went too. And it was so slow!! Towards the end I found myself counting the seconds during which the camera held the same position and "meaningful " glances were being exchanged, thinking of the time between lightening and thunder. But the latter never came.