A solid 'Meh...'

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2010)

Talk about a bloated film...
By my reckoning, if all of the scenes in Jackie Brown that consist entirely of the following were cut, the film would be one hour shorter:
A scene where someone is walking while allegedly cool 70's music plays in the background.
A scene where someone is driving while allegedly cool 70's music plays in the background.
A scene where someone is sitting while allegedly cool 70's music plays in the background.
Etc, etc, etc.
Aside from the film student style 'character studies', which largely consist of the above and make a person think that they too could make it big in Hollywood if this is what passes for a story, the movie is otherwise fairly blah... Simply put, not much actually happens.
Jackie starts as a hot chick with moxie and ends as a hot chick with moxie.
Bail Bondsman, Cherry starts as a guy smitten with Jackie and ends as a guy smitten with Jackie. (And oh, we know this because on meeting her for the first time, allegedly cool 70's music plays in the background as she walks towards him, and the audience wonders why a late-middle-aged white guy suddenly hears Motown - after all, the scene is shot from his perspective... or perhaps we're to believe Jackie just carries that soundtrack around with her...?)
Bad guy Ordell starts as a untrustable thug and ends as a untrustable thug.
Etc, etc, etc.
I'd wager that if this had been QT's first film, it would have been his only film.