When Jackie Brown came out three years later, it had expectations that no movie could live up to.
The general reaction of people who did see the movie found it pretty boring.
The audiences at the time.
The critics (except Roger Ebert who always loved this).
What was perceived as its biggest flaw is actually Jackie Brown’s greatest strength: the quietness.
Don’t get me wrong.
It’s a movie with some wild characters, double crosses and cold blooded murders.
But it’s also a movie that allows these characters to breathe.
Jackie Brown is still Tarentino’s most mature movie.
Max Cherry is one of my favorite movie characters ever.
I talk about him in this blog here.
Jackie is uncomfortable with aging and her future.
Max is brave and also smart enough to know he is being used.
He’s also calculated and knows himself well enough to be content with that.
I love how quietly Forster plays Max.
There’s a familiarity with the jot down of character Max is or how Forster is acting.
Just his body movement walking out of the theater seems so realistic.
There are so many fantastic characters to talk about in this movie.
Michael Keaton’s Ray Nicolette and Bridget Fonda’s Melanie are perfectly overly enthusiastic and/or selfishly stupid.
But it’s Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson that both really stand out for me.
Jackson’s Ordell might be one of the scariest bad guys on film this decade.
He seems capable of anything and no actor can speak Tarentino dialogue better than Jackson.
I have been saving Pam Grier for last here as Jackie Brown.
Not many actresses could have pulled that off.
I don’t know if Grier is a great actress but she’s great here.
She flirty with Max Cherry to get what she wants but also respects him a great deal.
The best thing about Jackie Brown is those quiet moments like Max Cherry and Jackie Brown talking about aging.
Max is so much more comfortable with it.
It’s easier for guys.
Jackie knows using her sexuality to get ahead might be something she can’t do forever.
It’s that wisdom and trust that win in the end.
This is the Tarentino movie where the characters feel the most realistic and lived in.
I love (almost all) Tarantino movies.
A Few Good Men
14.
The Truman Show
16.
There’s Something About Mary
20.
Schindler’s List
22.
Saving Private Ryan
25.
Dumb & Dumber
27.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
31.
Out Of Sight
36.
Carlito’s Way
37.
Wayne’s World
45.
Back To The Future Part III
47.
A Bronx Tale
48.
The People Vs. Larry Flynt
49.
Eyes Wide Shut
50.
The Green Mile
54.
Man On The Moon
55.
Boyz N The Hood
56.
Grosse Pointe Blank
57.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
63.
The Usual Suspects
65.
In The Line Of Fire
66.
My Cousin Vinny
67.
The River Wild
79.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Stir Of Echoes
82.
Mission: Impossible
83.
For Love Of The Game
86.
Being John Malkovich
87.
Men In Black
88.
Glengarry Glen Ross
92.
Die Hard With A Vengeance
93.
The Blair Witch Project
94.
Any Given Sunday
99.
The Wedding Singer
100.
