overrated

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2002)

Ok, there are some hilarious scenes and good performances in this movie, especially the vignette with Samuel Jackson and John Travolta; their scenes for me were the saving grace for this film. But I don't see what all the fuss is about. I thought a lot of the movie dragged and was boring, even with gratuitous violence peppered throughout. A lot has been made of the non-chronological nature of the plot and the intertwining of the stories but this really didn't add much to the film (as opposed to the unusual chronological layout of Memento which was what made that film so interesting.) Pulp Fiction seems like a movie that's trying real hard to be cool -- hence lots of violence drugs sex language and more violence -- but ultimately ends up shallow and muddled. It's a bold and unique movie to be sure... but that in itself doesn't make it a great one.
Rating: 5 out of 10.