
The middle-aged stewardess Jackie Brown smuggles money from Mexico to Los Angeles for the arms dealer Ordell Robbie. When she gets caught by the agents Ray Nicolet and Mark Dargus with ten thousand dollars and cocaine in her purse, they propose a deal to her to help them to arrest Ordell in exchange of her freedom. Meanwhile Ordell asks the 56-year-old Max Cherry, who runs a bail bond business, to release Jackie Brown with the intention of eliminating her. Jackie suspects of ... (Full plot summary below)
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The middle-aged stewardess Jackie Brown smuggles money from Mexico to Los Angeles for the arms dealer Ordell Robbie. When she gets caught by the agents Ray Nicolet and Mark Dargus with ten thousand dollars and cocaine in her purse, they propose a deal to her to help them to arrest Ordell in exchange of her freedom. Meanwhile Ordell asks the 56-year-old Max Cherry, who runs a bail bond business, to release Jackie Brown with the intention of eliminating her. Jackie suspects of Ordell's intention and plots a complicated confidence game with Max to steal half a million dollars from Ordell.
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| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeA damn-near flawless little piece of film noir, filled with excellent characterization, and just the right bit of hipness. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertYou savor every moment of Jackie Brown. Those who say it is too long have developed cinematic attention deficit disorder. I wanted these characters to live, talk, deceive and scheme for hours and hours. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe flat, self-exposing dud that fate often keeps in store for the initially overpraised. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestA great, quirky little film that gets better every time you watch it. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesConsider it a superb Elmore Leonard adaptation by a filmmaker who knows how to serve someone else's material while making it his own. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe most exciting thing about Jackie Brown is the director's seamless transition to a less flashy, revealing style; it's well-suited to the more character-oriented focus of the film... an assured, accomplished, and very good film. |
| Reel Talk OnlineCandice FrederickPam Grier is at her best recapturing the type of role that made her a bonafide star in '70s blaxploitation movies like Foxy Brown... |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickWhile this is not his best work to date, it is still a solid piece of moviemaking that shows he has more range as a writer and director than many wanted to give him credit for. |
| Planet Sick-BoyJon PopickGrier logs her best performance since Fort Apache the Bronx as a flight attendant who gets nabbed transporting illegal amounts of cash into the country. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaThough the film is consistently engrossing, at 155 minutes, it is overlong by at least 20 minutes, and the unspectacular climax is quite disappointing. |