Excellent in every way

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2004)

Jackie Brown is Tarantino's most mature, and fully realized film to date. A superb cast, an excellent story/script and Tarantino's understated yet assured direction lead us into a film with wit, and plenty of heart but not a sentimental bone in it's body.
Pam Grier as the title character is simply a revelation, beautiful, funny, and absorbing. She embodies this every woman effortlessly. The fact that she was not nominated for an Oscar says more about the Academy than it does about her work.
Samuel L. Jackson has never been better, and Robert DeNiro has not had such a good role since Scorcese lost the plot.
In a perfect cast there are two real surprises here, Bridget Fonda comes pretty damn close to stealing the film. I have watched this film several times and I still laugh whenever she is on screen. Someone please build a comedy around this neglected comic talent! The other wonderful surprise is the understated Robert Forster. He and Grier are a match made in heaven. They simply could not be any better.
For anyone who loves intelligent, mature, adult cinema, do yourself a favor and don't just rent, but buy Jackie Brown.