Django Unchained

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Django Unchained

R

2012

2h 45m

Western

Drama

Action

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Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz frees Django, and together they hunt the South's most-wanted criminals. Their travels take them to the infamous plantation of shady Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where Django's long-lost wife (Kerry Washington) is still a slave.

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Critics Consensus

Bold, bloody, and stylistically daring, Django Unchained is another incendiary masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino.

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Anne Thompson

IndieWire

03/31/2020

Tarantino designed this revisionist western to blow people's gaskets. Packed with physical comedy, bloody action and hell-bent revenge, it looks like a classic widescreen Sergio Leone western...

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

09/04/2018

A good film, and a crazily entertaining film, until Tarantino does blow everything up, at which point it just becomes rather silly.

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Roxane Gay

BuzzFeed News

05/25/2018

The film is at times brilliant but mostly infuriating. It is a good movie in that masturbatory way most Tarantino films are good.

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Branyan Towe

Loud and Clear Reviews

07/29/2024

4/5

Django Unchained is still one of Quentin Tarantino’s finest works to date thanks to an excellent, extremely memorable script and a brilliant cast

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

04/07/2024

4/5

By tackling a massive western, the writer and director continues to prove that he has never been short on ambition and gives us his grandest spectacle yet.

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John Brhel

Vague Visages

06/05/2023

It might not be the most innovative in Tarantino’s oeuvre, but it’s got real stakes and memorable characters one can root for. Django is packed with Tarantino’s postmodern trademarks, but it also has the added value of actually addressing serious issues.

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Eric

04/25/2025

I wish I could give this movie 10 stars. Best movie that I’ve ever seen!

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Matt

08/31/2023

LOVED IT! Never seen this before. You’re missing out if you don’t watch this.

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Andrew T

@RT72355796 Jul 27

Yeah, this movie is SPECTACULAR! It is one of the most visually stunning movies I have ever watched. Almost everything about this movie is beautiful, but some of it is also artistically ugly. It does this on purpose and it does it in such a fantastic way especially with the over the top violence. This movie is fun, it is philosophical in some ways, and it is overall one of the best westerns ever made and it is probably the best 21st century western so far. 9/10

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J H

@UpstateNYThriller Jul 22

7.9/10 Great Quentin Tarantino movie. A slave is freed and has to track down his wife to buy her. Christopher waltz and Jamie Foxx as a team. Leo is the bad guy. Great

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Connor M

@RT03446150 Jul 15

Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx absolutely kill their respective roles. Their performances combined with Tarantino’s direction creates an unforgettable film.

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Carolyn N

@PonySoldier Jul 15

I usually like Tarrantino movies and expected so much more from this disappointing film. I'm so happy I listened to several friends, skipped it in theaters, and didn't spend a penny to see it.

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Synopsis

Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz frees Django, and together they hunt the South's most-wanted criminals. Their travels take them to the infamous plantation of shady Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where Django's long-lost wife (Kerry Washington) is still a slave.

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: A Band Apart
Rating: R (Language|A Vicious Fight|Some Nude Images|Strong Graphic Violence)
Genre: Western, Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 24, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $162.8M
Runtime: 2h 45m

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