a strangely boring experience from the wonder boy Tarantino

Rating: Null/10 (14 February 1999)

I must confess I did not see this movie in the cinema as I should, instead I hired the video (Oh sin of sins). To my surprise I found this to be a fortuitous event, as in my belief it did not deserve my money. First things first there were two good points about this film, Forster, who was rightly honoured with his Oscar nomination, and the soundtrack, with the very excellent Bobby Womack song, "Across 110th Street". Jackie Brown would have benefited from being about an hour shorter as this might have forced Tarantino into cutting the dross from his script, of which there was much. Jackie Brown was a disappointment after Pulp Fiction and especially Reservoir Dogs, both scripts were notable for their punchy and fast moving dialogue, which occasionally reared its head but was soon suffocated by the ramblings of the characters. Pam Grier does not have the acting skills to carry such a picture, she tried but ultimately failed. Samuel L. Jackson was sufficiently asinine but I have to question whether he really fitted the part and De Niro's talents were certainly wasted.