(On Pam Grier) she's Jackie just like George C. Scott was Patton and Marlon Brando was Vito Corleone

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 1998)

I read some about Jackie Brown before I get to see it so I didn't get surprised either for the minimum volume of explicit violence or the smooth kind of movie I was going to see.
J.B. is certainly beyond the expected: It is a clean and a very intelligent film where the perfectly portrayed atmosphere and the so amazingly conceived and interpreted characters just let the story flows clean and steady on an enchanting smooth rhythm.
Jackie Brown a flight assistant which is masterly interpreted by the former 70's black exploitation diva Pam Grier and, as it is obvious, happens to be the centre of a story were as usual everyone wants a piece of the cake but one. I can't think of other actress to play Jackie Brown, I would bet Tarantino conceived her picturing Pam playing her, she's just great she's Jackie just like George C. Scott was Patton and Marlon Brando was Vito Corleone. No further comments needed.
Other character that happens to be essential is Max Cherry superbly performed by Robert Forster. Max is the rhythm of the movie himself: Being just smooth and equilibrated he keeps the movie on an even but always thrilling elapse.
The atmosphere: a very 70s LA couldn't be better sketched: Jackie's apartment, Max' office and the steak house where Jackie and Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) have Piña coladas and Screwdrivers are simply amazing you just feel like if you have been there.
That's more or less all I have to say about this picture which in my concept is simply one of the greatest movies ever.
I also find remarkable the Robert De Niro role as Louis Gara an ex con who add the fun touch to the movie.