Quentin hits the bulls-eye again, but in a slightly different manner

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2002)

Quentin Tarantino is one smart dude. After the explosion of "Pulp Fiction" and everybody expecting him to make "Pulp Fiction 2" he offered up something that, for a name that occupies the blank after phrase 'Directed by:' on the credits list, doesn't have a lot in common with his previous masterpiece.
In the years after its release "Pulp Fiction" has been copied so many times in other movies, that the last thing QT wanted was to copy himself and repeat what was already said.
If characters in "Pulp Fiction" were like something out of comic book, these guys are their more mature, multi-dimensional versions. This is not to say that "Pulp" is inferior to "Jackie" but merely an observation stating the 'grown-up nature', if you will, of this movie. This is essentially a sweet and smart love story between a couple of people in their 40s - Jackie Brown, stewardess who after years of service and bad life choices has very little going for her and Max Cherry, a bail bond business operator who reached the contemplative stages of his life and is thinking of quiting his job. Of course many other characters are equally involved and each contributes a lot to the overall quality of the movie.
"Jackie Brown" works on every level, as a love story, as a crime caper, as a human behaviour study and even as a comedy (Chris Tucker has a marvelous cameo playing a thug named Beaumont Livingston). This is due to many things but largely to the fact that QT is an extremely observant director who knows how to write dialogue that will make every one of his characters come alive.
Excellent, excellent movie, I can't wait for his next one.