Gets Better With Every Viewing

Rating: 9/10 (29 September 2002)

For those of you who say you didn't like this film as much as QT's earlier films, watch Jackie Brown again.
This film relies on more on the characters, and who can outsmart the other. The plot's important to the film, but QT doesn't need to jumble the storyline, with the exception of one scene that is played three times, from different character's points of view.
Tarantino's gift lies in casting. It seems he knows exactly who to get to play his main characters, and all of them fit. Pam Grier was so good, she probably gets recognized and called Jackie Brown on the street. Robert Forster was equally strong as Max Cherry. I can't think of anything flawed when it came to casting. Sorry Rush Hour fans, but Chris Tucker's 5 to 10 minutes of screen time is his best performance to date.
Another enjoyable facet was the music. Along with the numerous homages to Grier and her blaxpoitation days("Street Life," "Across 110th Street"), there's good tracks from the Delfonics, the Grass Roots, and Johnny Cash. Once again, the music just seemed to fit the movie.
Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction were great movies, but Jackie Brown is better. I didn't like Jackie Brown the first time I saw it, but I gave it another chance, and I was hooked. I got the DVD (as well as Pulp Fiction).
9 stars