
In German-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movie premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American gu... (Full plot summary below)
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In German-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movie premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history.
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| Sacramento News & ReviewDaniel BarnesIn his gloriously imperfect Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino distills every war movie he's ever seen into one potent, funny, morally indefensible, nine-tenths brilliant "impossible mission" flick. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesA smart, sophisticated and perplexing blend of wisdom and attitude that takes bold risks, sneers at convention and then still has enough audacity to rewrite the history books for one last daring climax. |
| Metro Times (Detroit, MI)Jeff MeyersDespite failing to achieve epic greatness (or moral relevance), Inglourius Basterds is a helluva cinematic experience, rewriting the fall of the Third Reich in a way few directors would ever dare. |
| TV GuidePerry SeibertAlthough the actors are flawless, it is Tarantino whose name will go hand in hand with the film -- he is by the modern definition of the word an "auteur." |
| QuickflixSimon MiraudoInglourious Basterds not only knows that it is a fictional movie, but also that it is being watched by an audience, and herein lays its greatest achievement. |
| The Film YapNick RogersHitler is introduced in a cape like a comic-book villain, so moral relativism clearly isn't part of the plan. With its intentionally brash rewriting of history, Inglourious Basterds is what Quentin Tarantino's back-half of Grindhouse should've been. |
| Brand XAndy KleinAs it progresses, it increasingly takes its cues from Ernst Lubitsch's great Nazi farce To Be or Not to Be, except eventually even wackier and less realistic. |
| Sin MagazineAustin KennedyIf you love Quentin, get ready for a hell of a ride! |
| eFilmCritic.comRob Gonsalves...a long, strange pop artifact, studded with instant-classic moments and sealed with a legitimately great image... |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussThe cameo by Rod Taylor and the references to Yvette Mimieux (the stars of 'The Time Machine') are the tip-offs: This is Tarantino's celebration of cinema as time machine -- a device that can erase the years and, on an imaginative level, change the past. |