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.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 24 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's like a scuzz-bucket film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick at his most static-mesmeric.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb 2007
fresh:
Offers an abundance of pleasures, especially in the realm of characterization and atmosphere.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
13 Mar 2007
fresh:
The film is more Jarmusch than Peckinpah -- its soul is in the minutiae.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
13 Mar 2007
fresh:
Quentin Tarantino puts together a fairly intricate and relatively uninvolving money-smuggling plot, but his cast is so good that you probably won't feel cheated.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
13 Mar 2007
fresh:
The tale is filled with funny, gritty Tarantino lowlife gab and a respectable body count, but what is most striking is the film's gallantry and sweetness.