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Jackie Brown (1997)

"This Christmas, Santa's got a brand new bag."
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👍 86%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 75%
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Runtime
2h 34m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.4/10 (6,845 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
62

Cast

Pam Grier as Jackie Brown · 70% avg
Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell Robbie · 71% avg
Robert De Niro as Louis Gara · 73% avg
Bridget Fonda as Melanie Ralston · 77% avg
Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette · 73% avg
Robert Forster as Max Cherry · 70% avg
Michael Bowen as Mark Dargus · 71% avg
Chris Tucker as Beaumont Livingston · 81% avg

Is Jackie Brown good?

Yes. 86% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 75%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#184 / 1253 · Crime
Rank in its year
#20 / 106 · 1997
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Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Jackie Brown is a 1997 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1992 novel Rum Punch. Pam Grier stars as Jackie Brown, a 44-year-old flight attendant supplementing her meager salary by smuggling cash into the country for Ordell Robbie, a gun dealer played by Samuel L. Jackson.

Jackie Brown was Tarantino's most mature and restrained film — following the pyrotechnic energy of Pulp Fiction, he deliberately crafted a slower, more character-driven work that prioritized mood and theme over violence and quotable dialogue. Pam Grier's performance was a career resurrection, her Jackie combining worldly toughness with vulnerability in a role that acknowledged the actress's blaxploitation legacy while transcending it. Robert Forster earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as Max Cherry, the bail bondsman who falls quietly in love with Jackie.

Jackie Brown earned $74 million worldwide.

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