A clunky, clumsy film (just the transitions from one scene to the next are clunky, and that's just the start of it). The high number of top ratings here is surprising. When this first came out I got the awkward vibe from just the promotional clips so didn't bother to see it. But I recently got an HBO free-sample week and JACKIE BROWN happened to be on, so I finally watched the whole movie, and that original awkwardness vibe was more than fulfilled. What's hilarious to me are the 1-3 starred ratings here say, "Tarantino lost his way with this film." Uh, Tarantino has always been a clumsy, clunky director and writer. ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD was smoother, so he's improved, but not enough.
Review of Jackie Brown
