R.I.P. Robert Forster. He was nominated for an academy award for his role as Max Cherry. He's one of my favorites. He played a great villain in Heroes series and was fantastic in his guest appearances in Breaking Bad, et. al.

Another great Tarantino movie, R.I.P Robert Forster, his character is such a cool dude..

Jackie Brown is hands down my favourite Tarantino film. It's his most mature movie to date. And, it was the first of his movies that spent a lot more time on character monologues, and less time on violence. The cast is perfect. Pam Grier is amazing in this film.

This is low-key Tarantino's best film, IMO. So glad to see you guys reacting to it.

Pam is a 70s and 80s icon. She starred in early "blaxploitation" films like COFFY. She is legend

You know what was mind blowing…watching “Jackie Brown” in the same theater Max Cherry walked out of in the Del Amo mall.

“Is he falling in love?” Well, it IS Pam Grier… Also, on point with the cinematography. Tarantino tends to use a very static camera and allows the action in frame to play off of it to help generate tension-snappy dialogue and movement against a camera that seems to just be sitting and watching.

This is my favorite Tarantino movie. He really does fantastic work with characters here. And I think he tried to capture the kind of hyper-realism that Elmore Leonard, who wrote the novel this is based on, uses in his writing style. A great example of this is when Ordell tells Louis to wait in the car and says when you press the button the car will go “oot-oot-oot, and then we follow Louis to the car just long enough to hear it make the exact sound Ordell described. Also when Ordell asks about the pictures in Max’s office and Max says “he works here,” and then later in the movie we see him working there. Roger Ebert also pointed out that Tarantino gives his characters time to think. There are spaces between the lines of dialogue for the characters to think of what to say or do. The best example is when Ordell takes almost a full minute to consider everything that has happened before deciding, “It’s Jackie Brown.” This film isn’t as flashy as most of QT’s others and I think that’s why it flies under the radar, but I truly believe it is his most well-made film.

Pam Grier is LEGENDARY. That tense music during the mall scene is originally from the Soundtrack to Coffy, one of her best movies. Sid Haig played the judge in Jackie Brown, and has co-starred with Grier in a few films.

Fun fact: Michael Keaton made a cameo playing the same character Ray Nicolette in the movie Out of Sight (1998)

This film has matured like a fine wine. I thought it was good when it came out but it gets better every time I see it. Pam Grier, Robert Forster and Samuel are exceptional.

This is absolutely my favorite Tarantino film. It’s so restrained and feels so mature, yet has a lot of classic tropes we expect from Tarantino (the soundtrack, the fun dialogue, the crime elements, and shocking moments of violence). I always feel Tarantino hasn’t aged well after Jackie Brown. I feel like with each film (while amazingly entertaining and expertly made) feels so similar in Tarantino revisiting his love for classic westerns, exploitation films, and now revising historical periods. I love how this film feels mature in the characters it portrays and the lack of easy Tarantino flourishes we love him for. Also, I love the love story in this precisely because it is a short-flinged romance. They make a big point how Jackie is a middle-aged women that has a lackluster career and has financial hardships. By the end this is the first time she probably can be the person she wants to be and the freedom to explore the world she wants to. And for Max, this is made him have passion for life that’s been missing and so he chooses to leave the business. This romance was necessary and vital for each other but outside of the heist they are their own different (and obviously older) people with wants and desires. I loved it. It’s so beautiful that by the end they share a slow, tender kiss that is full of love and passion that a lot romances in movies are sorely missing.

Rip to a great Actor Robert Forster,we still miss you

Robert Forester who played Max Cherry was nominated for an Oscar for this performance! ❤ Robert Forster RIP😥

Jackie Brown is the best terantino ever made. This is just a perfect movie. The story, the music, the camerawork, the actors, the pace. Everything fits together so well...

Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack is a perfect soundtrack song for this movie. I loved the song so much, I went back and watched the 1972 crime drama movie that it comes from.

I saw Pam Grier speak in person a few years ago at a retrospective of her 70s movies here, and she was hilarious.

so glad you guys loved this one. i was 19 when this came out, and i loved it from the very first time i saw it, but it's also a movie that's meant more and more to me each year as I've gotten closer to jackie and max's age. even by the late 90s it was rare for a hollywood movie to feature a real romance among middle-aged folks, and to deal with topics like aging, regret, starting over etc. a beautiful movie, and pam grier and robert forster were never better.

My all time favorite Tarantino film and his best film in my opinion. One of my all time favorite movies.

This is by far my favourite Tarantino film. Perfectly cast, well acted, mature without violence just for shock value, and a soundtrack to absolutely die for. Hits all the marks.

Pam Grier is a legend. Tarantino used her because of nostalgia. She was in a lot of old school blaxploitation films from the 70’s. She was every young black man’s dreamgirl lol. Her poster was in a lot of boys bedrooms. Including her playboy centerfold. Lol.

This was Tarantino's love letter to Pam Grier. Also Robert Forster was just awesome and played the role of his life.

It's definitely pronounced "Greer". This movie is (in part) an homage to Pam Grier's work in "blaxploitation" films in the 1970s in films like Foxy Brown, where she played the title role.

Robert Forster was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. This film had very good reviews when it came out. It was also adapted from a Elmore Leonard story.

The bail bonds scenes were filmed in Carson, where I grew up. My dad's print shop was a few block away, and they paid my dad to store De Niro's trailer in his parking lot at night

Robert Forster, who played Max, had notable roles in the later 60s and 70s. But then eventually ended up doing a lot of B movies. He was going to give up acting and planned to teach when Tarantino, who was a fan, called him about Jackie Brown. The movie rejuvenated his career.

The Ray Nicolette character also shows up in “Out of Sight”, it’s another Elmore Leonard adaptation. Great movie

Thank you Samantha and TBR Schmitt for this reaction of Jackie Brown!

I LOVE Max’s smile when he turns around in the mall. He’s always so serious and joyless, BUT, when he sees her there he cannot help but reveal how happy she makes him. I LOVE Jackie Brown. It’s my second favourite Tarantino movie outside of PF.

Also cool that Michael Bowen (Michael Keaton’s) partner and Robert Forster had pretty big roles in Breaking Bad as Uncle Jack and Ed the vacuum “cleaner” man , my two favorite characters in supporting roles from that show

A lot of people say that Tarantino wasted a DeNiro performance on role that he was clearly overqualified for, but I love his performance..

Pam Grier is a legend. Love her as Jackie. She is well known for 70's cult films like Coffy and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Absolute action goddess. I still hope you guys will react to Cape Fear (1991). De Niro was epic in it. Awesome reaction!

Pam Grier was and is the queen of the Blaxploitation Pictures of the 70's. Tarantino saw them all when he worked at the video store. His got his knowledge of all kinds of movies working and watching all the movies there.

@20:56 "End of message". If I remember correctly thats Tarantino's cameo. Pam Grier also has a memorable role in an episode of Miami Vice (with John Turturro).

Excellent movie, think it is in the top 3 of Tarantino's movies. It gave Pam Grier and Robert Forster's careers a second wind and deservingly so they were both great here.

Anyone who watched a lot of movies in the 70s and 80s are familiar with Pam Grier and Robert Forster, that’s my favorite thing about Tarantino movies are the old time actors we all watched on hbo back then given roles in his movies, Jackie Brown is excellent and Pam and Robert are great! Thanks again!

One of my favourite films of all time!

I love the subtlety of Jackie driving the same honda that Butch (Willis) crashed in Pulp Fiction.

This is definitely QT's most timeless film, because it's grounded in characters rather than clever plot conceits or genre pastiche. All of his films after JACKIE BROWN tend to put the conceptual cart before the character horse. This is a film that loves its characters more than its cool ideas.

It's such a turn for Tarantino for what could still be viewed as his most mature film. At 34 years old, he made what looked like a heist film but what really is a meditation on getting old and starting over. It's incredibly deep for someone who was so young at this time.

COFFY and FOXY BROWN are the big Pam Grier action vehicles from the early 70s. Well worth checking out. JACKIE BROWN and RESERVOIR DOGS are my favorite Tarantino films.

I grew up next to the Del Amo Mall, and remember seeing Quentin and Sam Jackson filming there. Little did I know that they were creating a masterpiece.

This is the Tarantino movie with the most heart, although Once Upon a Time in Hollywood runs it close in a different way. It was based on Rum Punch, a novel by Elmore Leonard, whose tight prose seemed to help reduce QT's usual tendency toward verbosity.

This was one of a string of great adaptations of Elmore Leonard novels from the 90s. If you haven't done them yet, you REALLY ought to consider Get Shorty (1995) and Out of Sight (1998).

I honestly think this is Tarantino's best film. That's a controversial opinion, but I think it is absolute perfection from start to finish. It's different for him and isn't like his usual stuff.

FWIW, there's a sequel of sorts in "Out of Sight," released the next year. Also an adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, it features Ray Nicolette as a recurring character, and Keaton reprises the role.

My favorite Tarantino film. Still has the serpentine plot and eclectic style you'd expect from him, but it has a very strong emotional core with themes of aging, taking back power, and last chances where everything is on the table. It's a true "chef's kiss" movie.

The Reason why Pam Grier Was Cast as Jackie Brown Is Because he Is A Pam Grier Fan Since The 1970s and fun Fact Before Jack Brown Pam Grier Played A Famous Character From The 1970s Blaxploitation Movie Name Foxy Brown (1974)

Tarantino adapted the script from Elmore Leonard's novel 'Rum Punch' and Leonard said it was his favourite adaptation of his own work and was "the best screenplay I ever read". The only Tarantino film in which Quentin doesn't have a cameo role (though that's his voice on Pam Grier's answering machine!). Great reaction to an excellent film where every character is superb.

Tarantino's most mature film, without question. Though I have a theory that because this film didn't do too well financially, that's when he made a turning point in his career where everything he made from Kill Bill and beyond was filled with extreme violence, guaranteeing asses in seats (even 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' for as mature and great overall as it is, ends with a sequence of absurd graphic violence that really undoes everything leading up to it). I wish Quentin had done more films like this, and I'd love to see him make one more film set in the present, just to see how he portrays modern times. PS, Pam Grier was totally robbed of an Oscar nomination.

For more great Elmore Leonard adaptations, you'd dig 1995's _Get Shorty_ with John Travolta, Gene Hackman, & Danny DeVito - a '90s Comedy classic. One for the list.

I just love the fact that amongst all the big stars in this movie Robert Forster and Pam Grier were the real stars of the movie and got to have a career renaissance after starring in this as they are both great at their craft and deserved it but that's what QT was great at, identifying talent that Hollywood had dismissed

Pam Greir was the queen of black explotation in the 70s.

This doesn't feel like other Tarantino-written films because of the story. I believe it's the only screenplay he adapted from someone else's novel. He wrote the rest of his movies from scratch. I've found that people who aren't big Tarantino fans often consider this his best movie.

I literally just remembered this film last week... in 7th grade my friends and I rented it and we were far to young to understand the scope of the film but we still became obsessed with it and we would play the soundtrack all the time and when we'd write each other notes in school we'd address it to Jackie Brown 1,2,3 and 4 ( I was Jackie Brown 1)... love that you guys are reacting to it!

"Jackie Brown" was based on a novel (Rum Punch) by Elmore Leonard. He writes really smart and fun books, and several have been made into movies. "Out of Sight" stars George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, and features a fun cameo by Michael Keaton, playing Ray again. Also "Get Shorty" with John Travolta, Gene Hackman & James Gandolfini. Also "3:10 to Yuma" a western starring Russell Crowe. The TV series "Justified" starring Timothy Oliphant and Walton Goggins is also based on a character Elmore created, and the Pilot episode is a pretty faithful re-telling of his short story "Fire in the Hole". All of these are great and worthy of a reaction.

Its about time somebody watches this!!! I saw this in the theater when it was a released, and have always loved it! (Well, I also grew up where it was filmed)

Everyone in this movie should have won an award's for their performances

This is my absolute favorite Tarantino film, and I think his best one.

Glad you guys enjoyed the film! I actually live about 15 mins from the Del Amo Mall where all the mall scenes were filmed. Still an awesome place, but it's basically unrecognizable now due to several years of renovations and remodeling lol

This is my favorite Tarantino film, but I seem to have a thing for Elmore Leonard adaptations. TBR's pronunciation of Pam Grier was correct. Her and Robert Forrester were a lot more famous in the 70's and 80's.

This is hands down my favorite Tarantino film - from the soundtrack to the interaction between 2 legendary actors - Pam Grier and Robert Forster. Mr Forster (Max Cherry) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in this movie.

Bridget Fonda was in some fun, mostly inconsequential movies in the 90s that are a really entertaining watch. Singles, Point Of No Return and Single White Female would all be a hoot for reactions.

as many of the other commenters have correctly stated, this movie was Tarantino kneeling at the alter of Pam Grier. She was a straight up smoke show in the 70's and still had it in the 90s.

One thing I remember is that this film had GREAT trailers, which you only caught before other films in the cinema (this was pre-internet), or maybe on TV. One had Tarantino himself narrating part of it: "Pam Grier IS ..." Jackie Brown. "Pam Grier IS!!" Jackie Brown. "PAMELA GRIER IS!!!!!!" Jackie Brown.

2 facts: 1) when she’s walking to her jail cell, the song “Long time woman” is from 1971 and it’s sung by Pam Grier herself, who was SHOCKED to hear her song in the finished film. 2) The judge is played by her old co-star Sid Haig, known for his low budget horror films, but back in the day, was in a few of her 1970’s exploitation flicks. When I first saw Sid haig as the judge, I was FLOORED. That is how much Quentin loves Pam Grier

My favorite Tarantino movie. A masterpiece.

My absolute favorite performance of Samuel L. Jackson’s career. Natural Born Killers (1994), was written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Oliver Stone. It stars Woody Harrellson and Robert Downey Jr.

FUN FACTS: When Jackie is caught with cocaine, and goes to jail, the music playing is a young Pam Grier singing "Long Time Woman." Known as an actress, it's one of the few rare songs she made. When Max walks out with the bag of beach towels (aka money), the hip music playing is music from a club scene in "Coffy" a 1973 Pam Grier film. Quentin Tarrantino was a huge fan of 70s film stars, and likes to resurrect their careers by putting them in his movies. Jackie Brown helped resurrect Pam's career, which had slowed down during 80s and early 90s.

Jackie seized control of the narrative early on and rode it all the way through to the semi-satisfying (Max couldn't handle her) conclusion. Genius plot and execution by the entire cast. Great reaction as usual guys.

"Jackie Brown" was Tarantino's first movie after "Pulp Fiction," so some of the fans might have expected something closer to that movie in its tone or flashier. That movie was a cultural phenomenon and instant classic where everyone was quoting it and buying the soundtrack, and seeing it multiple times. The mid-'90s post "Pulp Fiction" was a cool time for movies like this. Famous actors were playing against type in these violent, gritty kind of movies and taking less than their regular pay just for the experience, like Michael Keaton and Bridget Fonda here, or John Cusack in "Grosse Point Blank" to name a few, and when John Travolta was in "Pulp Fiction."

Most underrated Tarantino Movie ... absolut Masterpiece. The Acting in it is incredible. SLJ, Pam Grier and Rober Forster were awesome

Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino movie. Seen this movie countles times, but never get tired of watching it. The dialogue in this movie is brilliant.

Pam's brother, Roosevelt Grier played for the LA Rams in the 70s, and was bodyguard for RFK. I believe he tackled Sirhan, after the infamous shooting.

This is the most underrated in QT’s catalog, and the only one of his movies based on someone else’s material, Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch. DeNiro is hysterical in this.👍

I clicked so damn fast! I love this movie. The early days of Tarrantino are still my favorite. His first three films are perfect in my opinion.

Tarantino recently has stated this is his least favorite film of his but I think it's because of his ego. He stated he doesn't really like it because he didn't write the original story which is ridiculous for me. This is my favorite film of his for years now. Pam Grier is a goddess and an amazing underrated actress. Loved the review.

"She's pushing it..." 😲🤭 That shocked me the first time I saw Jackie Brown. Melanie was such a fun trouble-causing side character. There are some other movies out there based on the writings of Elmore Leonard worth checking out, which I'm sure your comments will be flooded with. I'm particularly fond of Out of Sight, for its nod to JB.

this is my favourite Tarantino movie, just love the story and the actors are great, plus the soundtrack.

In this star filled movie, the one that shines the brightest to me is Pam Grier. I love her facial expressions and bearing as Jackie Brown. Kudos to the script writes, what an impressive role with an actress who can pull it off with no sweat.

Watching this makes me nostalgic for the 90s, cassette tapes, malls, department stores,no-one had cell phones.

I had the privilege of seeing this at its Austin Texas premiere in late 1997, covering the event for the San Antonio Express-News, and getting to hang out with directors Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Spy Kids, Alita: Battle Angel), Mike Judge (King of the Hill TV series, Office Space, Idiocracy), Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly - which I highly recommend for your channel) and a lot of other amazing people. Quentin Tarantino was there too, but he was surrounded by a tightly-packed entourage (it was his first film as a director since Pulp Fiction, and he had recently written and co-starred in Rodriguez's From Dusk till Dawn, the popular cult jailbreak/vampire film starring George Clooney) and I had to ask him questions from afar. And I definitely feel it is Tarantino's best film, a truly engaging caper/middle-aged romance. Highly recommend tracking down the filmographies of both Robert Forster (Max Cherry) and Pam Grier. They are both amazing actors who should be better known than they are.

The young lady in the opening scene is Bridget Fonda, Peter Fonda's daughter. She is Jane Fonda's niece and Henry Fonda's (12 angry Men and numerous movies) granddaughter. The Fonda family is full of actors. Jane's son (Troy Garity) was in the Barbershop movies that starred Ice Cube.

Pam Grier was a popular action star in the blackploitation films from the 70's.

Pam Grier is an icon of black culture. I understand why in other spaces she may be lesser known.

Even though Tarantino always has good music in his movies, i generally don't like his movies but Jackie Brown is definitely an exception. Seen it so many times.

I love the little tidbit that because the books have a common character, Michael Keaton is Ray Nicolette in this AND Out of Sight, kinda putting the movies in a shared universe.

This is one very underrated movie . I am so happy that you both love Jackie Brown.... this is one of my favorite movies of all movies . Watching you both react and comment for this movie... I love this so much. You both got so invested in this right from the beginning and I was rooting for Jackie and Max also . TBR was right.... murder is not an appropriate response to being annoyed . I was also shocked when Louis lost his cool in the parking lot and killed Melanie.... he took a huge chance that no one would have heard or seen that in broad day light . For me this is like most of Tarantino's films.... another favorite to my list. I am adding this to my favorites list in reactions to see again . You add a lot to your channel and it shows . Thank you TBR& Samantha .

"Jackie Brown" is his BEST movie! Adapting Elmore Leonard brought out the best in Tarantino.

Another great pick 👍 Also, the whole cast was perfect in their roles.

Jackie Brown was somehow the only Tarantino movie that I hadn't already watched and I specifically held off on watching your reaction so I could get to it first. What a great flick!

Michael Keaton comes back as his character in the movie 'out of sight'

My fav QT film. Very rewatchable, makes more sense on repeated viewing.

Pam Grier (pronounced "Greer") was one of the superstars of black cinema in the 1970's. Check out her classics "Foxy Brown", "Coffy" and "Sheba Baby".

I adore this film. Writing at it's finest. And the cast is perfect.

Highly, highly recommend watching Out Of Sight, George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, after this. It's an amazing movie and actually connected to this one

I forgot to mention what a great job you did with the editing. It was something I took note of while watching as I have seen this movie a few times now. Well done!

This is Tarantino's most underrated film. I love it.

You should definitely check out the movie 'Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia' [1974] directed by Sam Peckinpah. Also his movie 'Straw dogs' [1971] starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. Both are films, that I believe could be huge inspirations to Tarantino's filmmaking.

Tarantino is a true film lover. Every one of his films pays homage to an era of movies. Spaghetti westerns, blaxploitation, Japanese Kung fu films, 60’s German war films, grindhouse horror B movies, old hollywood classics.