Snooze City...

Rating: 5/10 (16 September 2000)

"Jackie Brown" is one of the dullest movies I've ever seen (actually, I shut it off about 2/3 of the way through, since I wasn't following the story anymore and had no interest in doing so). A semi all-star cast, with all of the actors clearly "playing themselves." A deadly boring story, little action, and it all goes on for far, far too long.
I simply wasn't interested enough to put in the energy required to follow the plot, and so as the film progressed I knew less and less about what was happening. Despite the "realistic feel" (which on deeper examination seems carefully contrived), I cared nothing for any of the characters (in fact, I found most of them quite irritating, especially the two detectives) and I kept waiting for something interesting to happen (eventually, almost praying for something interesting to happen). Unfortunately, nothing did. There are those who might enjoy this movie, I suppose, but I thought it was a complete dud, about as interesting to watch as plain, unsalted white rice is to eat. 5/10.