Is Jackie Brown underrated?

Is Jackie Brown underrated?

Jackie Brown remains Quentin Tarantino's most underrated movie. ... Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown remains his most underrated film. Released in 1997, Tarantino's third movie strays from the stylized violence and male bravado depicted in Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994).

Is Jackie Brown a sequel to Foxy Brown?

It was Tarantino's directorial effort following Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994). The film pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974), both of which also starred Grier in the title roles....

Jackie Brown
Box office	$74.7 million

Is Jackie Brown OK for kids?

Parents need to know that this crime drama has a quick, half-clad sex scene (only a bare bottom shown) and a handful of fatal shootings, though neither is as explicit as the colorful profanity in the script, which doesn't shy away from the N-word or "f--k." For what it's worth, the "good" characters do the least ...

Did Jackie Brown get the money?

No one is going to stand in the way of his million-dollar payoff. Forty-four-year-old flight attendant Jackie Brown gets caught with gun dealer Ordell Robbie's money and to get the ATF off her back she sets up Ordell with her new friend, a bail bondsman named Max Cherry.

What makes Jackie Brown so good?

Their dialogue is delivered in a loud and over-the-top manner, such as rambling Biblical passages, and they have unrealistic emotions. But the characters in Jackie Brown feel more like real people. The actors give more nuanced performances than we're used to seeing in a Tarantino film.

Is Jackie Brown the best Tarantino movie?

Tarantino's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 'Rum Punch' doesn't always receive the credit it deserves, but the film remains his best work to date. Jackie Brown is Quentin Tarantino's overlooked masterwork. Perhaps that's because the crime drama is much quieter compared to the films that preceded and followed it.

Is Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown the same person?

Foxy Brown is now the better-known film, largely because of the iconic name and the whole Jackie Brown thang, Quentin Tarantino giving several nods to Foxy in his third feature film.

Does Django Unchained have inappropriate scenes?

Partial nudity includes one female breast and two naked men (not full frontal, though nudity is definitely suggested). Django and his wife share a passionate kiss in one scene. There's a good deal of flirting and sexual tension and some innuendo (such as a reference to "comfort girls").

How old is Jackie Brown in Jackie Brown?

• Jackie Brown, 44 years old, is an attendant on the worst airline in North America, and supplements her meager salary by smuggling cash from Mexico to Los Angeles for Ordell, who is a gun dealer. Beaumont (Chris Tucker), one of Ordell's hirelings, gets busted by an ATF agent (Keaton) and a local cop (Michael Bowen).

Is the movie Jackie Brown based on a true story?

• The film is an adaptation of Elmore Leonard 's 1992 novel Rum Punch. It is the only film that Tarantino has adapted from a previous work. The film pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974), both of which also starred Grier in the title roles.

What was the opening sequence to Jackie Brown?

• The film's opening sequence is similar to that of The Graduate, in which Dustin Hoffman passes wearily through Los Angeles International Airport past white tiles to a somber " The Sound of Silence " by Simon and Garfunkel.

How much money did Jackie Brown movie make?

• The film grossed $39.7 million in the North American and $35.1 million in other territories for a total gross of $74.7 million, against a budget of $12 million. The film grossed $9.2 million in its opening weekend, finishing 5th at the box office.