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Jackie Brown (1997) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Jackie Brown (1997) a score of 2.9942 out of 4

based on (157) reviews

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Excellent

(32)

Very Good

(109)

Good

(14)

Fair

(2)

Poor

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txreviews.com (Curtis Edmonds)

Forster isn't marquee-idol handsome, and his hair plugs are painfully obvious, but he is... Gary Cooper! Yes!...read the complete Jackie Brown (1997) review at txreviews.com (Curtis Edmonds)

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Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

This is the first movie Tarantino has directed in three years, and while the same elements are there -- talkative professional criminals, raucous vulgar dialogue, sudden violence, a soundtrack bursting with funky seventies ditties, and multiple plot...read the complete Jackie Brown (1997) review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

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eFilmCritic.com (Kevin Thomas)

The script is snappy, the characters are well defined and the final resolution is satisfactory (though lacking in any kind of twist or surprise), and had it been a good hour shorter, it would have been a sharp little caper....read the complete Jackie Brown (1997) review at eFilmCritic.com (Kevin Thomas)

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LowComDom Online Film Reviews

Jackie Brown is one of those movies that you look forward to because the director has a name, and you leave the theater wondering if an auto accident would make more sense. Jackie is a airline stewardess, (sorry, they don't like being called that;...read the complete Jackie Brown (1997) review at LowComDom Online Film Reviews