This film is the perfect example of the difference between a good movie and what people have come to believe to be good movies.

In a nutshell, the movie is about [spoiler]a money transfer and some overt double-crossing[/spoiler]. If you watched this film and think that sums up the movie you didn't see the movie. As it was said in "White Men Can't Jump", some people listen to Hendrix but they don't hear him (I'm paraphrasing).

The film stars Pam Grier as a stewardess that got mixed up with small-time crook Samuel L Jackson. Jackson plays a similar role to what he played in Pulp Fiction but I must say that I liked this role even more. What is better than Jackson in that kind of role?

What makes the movie is the characters. Rather than the movie being about this or that, you get a real feel for the characters. There is a texture to the movie that must be felt to understand the movie. In typical Tarantino style, all of this was completely understated. If this had been a typical Hollywood movie there would have been an affair between two of the leads and the money transfer would have been the highlight of the movie. Not Tarantino - he did it his way.

One more thing. The music is FANTASTIC, both in the songs themselves and their use in the movie. Nobody does this better than Tarantino.  The opening five minutes are amazing.

A Tarantino movie for people who don’t like Tarantino. It still references the typical cheap trash that inspires most of his work (this movie sees him really tipping his hat to the blaxploitation genre), but the dialogue is considerably less stylized or quotable, there are almost no pop culture references and it’s light on violence. Instead, _Jackie Brown_ presents us with a character study of an underdog surviving in the crime world. It’s an admirable attempt at a mature film, one that I don’t think plays to Tarantino’s strengths. His characters aren’t any less colourful than before (it’s maybe his only film where every character feels completely distinct), the music is appropriately funky and there are still interesting moments of tension, but the cerebral pace kills a lot of the excitement for me. I’d be more forgiving if his observations about the Jackie character were more thought provoking, but depth and substance have never been Tarantino’s strength. The end result feels like a series of well acted scenes that tend to drag on because Tarantino doesn’t know where to take the material. This theme of aging in a crime world has been executed way more interestingly in something like _The Irishman_, and because Tarantino is restricting himself from using his usual bag of tricks, the film has nothing to fall back on and it becomes oddly unmemorable because of it.

5/10

"Jackie Brown" is a film directed by Quentin Tarantino and released in 1997. This movie is based on the novel "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard.

I think Jackie Brown is very good. This movie is in the style of crime and thriller and it portrays a fascinating and complex story in a remarkable way.

One of the prominent aspects of this movie is the excellent acting of prominent actors such as Pam Greer, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro and Robert Forster. These actors, with their experience and strong performances, give credibility and reality to the story and characters.

Tarantino also displays his own talent and style by directing. He has managed to make a film with a creative and effective expression with hidden humor and loyalty to details.

In "Jackie Brown", it explores themes such as betrayal, friendship, and encounters between human relationships. Throughout the film, Tarantino explores modes of human interaction and power exchange.

Although "Jackie Brown" is less popular than Tarantino's other films, it is still a great and beautiful film that shines with a fascinating story and excellent acting.

Overall, if you are into crime thrillers with a complex plot, "Jackie Brown" is one of those movies that you should definitely watch. I hope this comment leads to a good experience for you. <|endofstatement|>

Samuel L. Jackson really steals the show here as the petty criminal "Ordell". He sells guns - gradually accumulating a small fortune which he smuggles in from Mexico using the services of the eponymous air stewardess (Pam Grier). When his well oiled machine starts to splutter, he avails himself of bail bondsman "Cherry" (Robert Forster) and so starts a complex story that sees people drop like flies; policeman "Ray" (Michael Keaton) get involved and we build to a sting operation not seen since Paul Newman in 1973. A great soundtrack that doesn't overwhelm some good performances, a pithy and dryly humorous script with the foul-mouthed tirades from the rather ruthless "Ordell" working well to develop his character and a really solid effort from Grier as the middle-woman who is very capable of thinking on her feet! There are a couple of scenes - not least between "Melanie" (Bridget Fonda) and "Louis" (Robert De Niro) - that are genuinely laugh out loud and the threads knit cleverly and from left field a bit at the denouement. This might be my favourite Tarantino film - it has pace, style, character and engaging contributions from a cast that work and deliver well together.

Quentin Tarantino, a genius who brought us Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs returned with Jackie Brown, a tale of deception in the world of drugs-smuggling business. Heavily inspired by the 1970’s blaxploitation flicks, it tells the story of a stewardess, Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) who was pinned inside the cash-smuggling business as she’s tormented between two choices, becoming a cash-mule and in the end snitching her own boss or being smart by keeping the money for herself. It’s quite rare to see a film where the leading role is a female. Even though the plot relies quite much on Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch, Tarantino really did great in giving his own personal touch to the existing materials by adding up a fine composition of clever dialogue, dark humor, and even the ultra violence in the forms of gun-battling badasses, drugs, and absolutely very graphic language, making it absolutely a typical Tarantino flick.

This film also possessed its own controversies that put Tarantino in the prosecuted seat because of his frequent use of the word “nigger”. This serious accusation was made by Spike Lee who furiously (while busy counting) noted that was used 38 times, excessively, throughout the film and he claimed that it’s an abuse and definitely an insult to black people. Apart from the above accusation, in my opinion, Jackie Brown, with its strong casts from Pam Grier, Bridget Fonda, Robert Forester, and Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton and Robert De Niro really add up to the greatness of the film. The way I see it, every cast here is given a complex set of character for us to study. Both De Niro and Keaton, despite their small roles, they remain favorable and memorable.