Jackie Brown
1997 · Movie · R · 154 min · ★ 7.4 · 75% critics
A flight attendant gets pulled into a cash-smuggling operation tied to a gunrunner boss, and the police want to use her to reach him. Instead, she teams up with a bail bondsman to outsmart everyone involved and keep the money for herself.
Based on Rum Punch
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-12-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (6,952 votes)
- Box office
- $72,000,000
- Budget
- $12,000,000
About
If you enjoy clever crime cons and richly drawn characters, Jackie Brown delivers a tense, mature game of schemes that plays more thoughtfully than Tarantino’s usual hype—Not for you if you want nonstop extreme action like Kill Bill or Inglourious Basterds.
Pros: sharp, character-driven crime; great cast chemistry; tense double-crossing | Cons: dialogue-heavy pacing; can feel overly long; less action/violence
Themes
- airport
- based on novel or book
- police
- arms deal
- stewardess
- heist
- money
- los angeles, california
- drugs
- ex-con
- flight attendant
- neo-noir
Awards & recognition
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1998 · nominated
Cast & crew
Pam Grier
as Jackie Brown
Samuel L. Jackson
as Ordell Robbie
Robert De Niro
as Louis Gara
Bridget Fonda
as Melanie Ralston
Michael Keaton
as Ray Nicolette
Robert Forster
as Max Cherry
Michael Bowen
as Mark Dargus
Chris Tucker
as Beaumont Livingston
LisaGay Hamilton
as Sheronda
Tommy Lister Jr.
as Winston
Directed by Quentin Tarantino