more humour (just) and more cute dialogue than in the latest film

Rating: 9/10 (21 August 2019)

I was prompted to watch this again after seeing the director's latest, Once Upon A Time ... in Hollywood. Clearly this earlier film was more innovative and likely more influential than the later film will prove to be. I find Once Upon A Time a more enjoyable watch but the significance and importance of this is undeniable. Twenty-five years on and the groundbreaking affect it has had on Hollywood makes it easy to forget just how revolutionary this street talking, time lapsing, audacious film was. Everyone is great, even Tim Roth and Jackson, Keitel, Willis, Travolta and Thurman all excel. All the scenes, effectively split and mixed are good and the diner bookends a genius idea. There is more humour (just) and more cute dialogue than in the latest film but for me this is, inevitably, a slightly less mature work with the fantastic editing covering the odd rough spot.