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Jackie Brown

  • 7.5 /10

  • 6213

  • 88%

Plot

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.

Cast

Pam Grier as Jackie Brown
Pam Grier

as Jackie Brown

Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell Robbie
Samuel L. Jackson

as Ordell Robbie

Robert De Niro as Louis Gara
Robert De Niro

as Louis Gara

Bridget Fonda as Melanie Ralston
Bridget Fonda

as Melanie Ralston

Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette
Michael Keaton

as Ray Nicolette

Robert Forster as Max Cherry
Robert Forster

as Max Cherry

Michael Bowen as Mark Dargus
Michael Bowen

as Mark Dargus

Chris Tucker as Beaumont Livingston
Chris Tucker

as Beaumont Livingston

LisaGay Hamilton as Sheronda
LisaGay Hamilton

as Sheronda

Tommy Lister Jr. as Winston
Tommy Lister Jr.

as Winston

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 25, 1997

Production Companies

  • Miramax

  • A Band Apart

  • Lawrence Bender Productions

  • Mighty Mighty Afrodite Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $12,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $39,673,162.00

Runtime

  • 2.57 hrs

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Reviews

Quentin Tarantino, a genius who brought us Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs returned with Jackie Brown, a tale of deception in the world of drugs-smuggling business. Heavily inspired by the 1970’s blaxploitation flicks, it tells the story of a stewardess, Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) who was pinned inside the cash-smuggling business as she’s tormented between two choices, becoming a cash-mule and in t…

Booyah! Coming as it did after critical darlings "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction", it's perhaps not surprising that Quentin Tarantino's next film failed to - at the time - scale those giddy heights. Yet on reflection these days, when viewing Tarantino's career over twenty years later, it's one of his tightest works. Working from master pulper Elmore Leonard's novel "Rum Punch", Tarantino…

Outstanding, no two ways about it. 'Jackie Brown' makes for a great watch, I personally found the pacing excellent; which is obviously important for a 2hr 30min+ production. The cast knock it out the park, while the story is riveting. It's worthy of the hype, one of Quentin Tarantino's best no doubt. Pam Grier is fantastic as the titular character, Samuel L. Jackson is quality as w…