Jackie Brown Is Tarantino's Most Romantic Film

The year is 1997; it’s been three years since the release of Pulp Fiction, and film fanatics everywhere are asking what Quentin Tarantino will do next. After winning the best screenplay Oscar with his co-writer Lawrence Bender and the top prize at Cannes Film Festival, Tarantino has Hollywood at his disposal. Instead of going the standard route and cashing in, he chooses to make the movie he wants to make, and so Jackie Brown is born. Compared to his eight other films, this one doesn’t necessarily adhere to all the Tarantino-isms for which he is known for. There is no excessive violence, and it doesn’t rely on over-the-top theatrical flare to pull the audience in. The winning factor of Jackie Brown is the titular character's charming relationship with bail bondsman Max Cherry, played by Pam Grier and Robert Forster, respectively. Twenty-five years later, we look back on Tarantino...
- 12/25/2022
- by Jennifer Lee-Maxwell
- Collider.com
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