Genre-movie-mad writer-director Quentin Tarantino's foray into Western World is a pretty grave disappointment.
– Glenn Kenny,
MSN Movies,
2 Jan 2013
rotten:
Django Unchained has mislaid its melancholy, and its bitter wit, and become a raucous romp. It is a tribute to the spaghetti Western, cooked al dente, then cooked a while more, and finally sauced to death.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
4 Jan 2013
fresh:
Django Unchained is Tarantino's most complete movie yet. It is also his most vital. His storytelling talents match the heft of the tale.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
4 Jan 2013
fresh:
A film bursting with pleasures great and small ...
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
8 Jan 2013
rotten:
Django Unchained is 165 minutes and nothing much happens beyond talk and the provision of corpses. The plot lurches around and the artful structure of Pulp Fiction has been abandoned.