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Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown

Crime · Drama · Thriller · 1997

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

Movie details

Jackie Brown

“This Christmas, Santa's got a brand new bag.”

1997 Crime · Drama · Thriller 2h 34m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.5 / 10

400.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

88 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

62 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.4 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Jackie Brown?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Quentin Tarantino

Written by

Quentin Tarantino

Pam Grier

Pam Grier

Jackie Brown

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Ordell Robbie

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Louis Gara

Bridget Fonda

Bridget Fonda

Melanie Ralston

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton

Ray Nicolette

Robert Forster

Robert Forster

Max Cherry

Michael Bowen

Michael Bowen

Mark Dargus

Court is in session

Put Jackie Brown on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.