Tarantino's most layered movie to date

Rating: 9/10 (25 September 2014)

(89%) If ever there was ever a movie that needs to been seen more than once, then this is it. Of all Quentin's films this has the keenest attention to character, as unlike a lot of movies that have hardly one dimension to the main role, this gives a past, a present, and a future to almost the entire line up, as this is as much Ordell's (Jackson) or Max's (Forster) movie as it is Jackie's (Grier). I can understand why there's a few people out there that don't really like this entry as after the tough and memorable "Reservoir dogs", and the brilliant vibrancy of "Pulp fiction" many movie goers were expecting yet more again, and what they got was a hugely talky, slower paced piece that didn't feel like it was getting anywhere soon. But this is something that grows on you the more you watch it, as I must have seen it about four times now and I pick up new things I hadn't even noticed because there's just so much to it. It really is something you can watch every 18-20 months on a cycle. Performance wise this is quite brilliant, nobody is making up the numbers, everyone is on top form, and even though Grier is known as an exploitation star she has always been a good actress, and here she is faultlessly natural. Of all Tarantino's movies, this is the one to buy and keep forever.