Tarantino is losing it...

Rating: 7/10 (17 October 2002)

Not that this was a bad movie... I can't fault him on the semi-lackluster script because this story was adapted from a novel. But it took him 4 years just to make Jackie Brown and now 5 to make Kill Bill? If you've read the script for Kill Bill, there is a pretty good chance you are as disappointed as I am.
HOWEVER Jackie Brown is NOT Dogs or Pulp Fiction so it should not be so closely compared to the other two. It is well directed, well acted, (in the case of Pam Grier and Robert Forster, I found Sam Jackson's performance to be very annoying)and the music is very good. On the other hand, the story, whether it was a novel or not, was not top rate. The ending falls flat, there is no twist...but maybe that was the intention, I'm not sure. DeNiro didn't even need to be in this movie, it bothered me that he had such a meaningless role (in terms of DeNiro caliber roles, anyone his age could have played that part). I'll give it a 7 though when all is said and done because of Pam Grier's performance and the soundtrack, and those two things put together make the movie interesting enough for me to watch and enjoy.