MIT Lecture Series Committee

Rated R
154 minutes

Jackie Brown (1997)

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Quentin Tarantino returns to the crime genre once again with this adaptation of Elmore Leonard�s Rum Punch. Transplanting Leonard�s crime story from Miami to Tarantino�s city of choice, Los Angeles, Jackie Brown cruises along smoothly, much like the film�s 1970s soul soundtrack. The film follows Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), a flight attendant who makes extra cash by running drugs and cash for sleazebag Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson). When Jackie sees the opportunity to make off with a large chunk of change, she begins to play everyone around her, including two detectives who are threatening her with jail time if she doesn�t rat out Ordell, and a sympathetic bail bondsman (Robert Forster) who finds himself falling for Jackie. [www.rottentomatoes.com]

Pulp Fiction is a hard film to top, but Tarantino has done it, with great flair, style and sheer cinematic genius.
      -- Urban Cinefile Critics, urbancinefile.com. Read this review.