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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 264
Fresh: 233 | Rotten: 31

A classic Tarantino genre-blending thrill ride, Inglourious Basterds is violent, unrestrained, and thoroughly entertaining,

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 11

A classic Tarantino genre-blending thrill ride, Inglourious Basterds is violent, unrestrained, and thoroughly entertaining,

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A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to strike fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many goose-steppers as possible, or die trying. In order to accomplish that goal, Lt.

R, 2 hr. 33 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Quentin Tarantino

Dec 15, 2009

$120.5M

The Weinstein Company

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Critic Reviews for Inglourious Basterds

All Critics (265) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (236) | Rotten (31) | DVD (8)

Like a bat to the head, it's not too subtle, but you can't help but watch.

May 6, 2011 Full Review Source: Film.com | Comment (1)
Laremy Legel
Film.com
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Quentin Tarantino seems to be hanging on to a lost world of moviemaking. He may be nuts. But he's a nut who cares.

December 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comments (16)
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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Its biggest flaw, though, for those who care about such things, may be its moral attitude. That might seem a stodgy thing to bring up in the context of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but it takes such center stage that it needs to be examined.

September 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Film.com | Comments (117)
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
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Tarantino's vigorously accomplished 'Inglourious Basterds'

September 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Passionate Moviegoer | Comment (1)
Joe Baltake
Passionate Moviegoer
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Landa is such a wily and despicable concoction that, in movie terms, he's almost impossible not to like. And therein lies part of my problem with this movie.

August 21, 2009 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comments (4)
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
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I'm tempted to say Tarantino has done it again, but I doubt anyone has ever done anything like his dazzlingly original World War II movie, Inglourious Basterds.

August 21, 2009 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Comment (1)
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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They're inventing a new junk-food product line for Inglourious Basterds - the White Elephant Supreme.

August 29, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express | Comment
Kelly Vance
East Bay Express

There will be blood.

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com | Comment
Dave White
Movies.com

Inglourious 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.

October 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix | Comment
Simon Miraudo
Quickflix Source: Quickflix

WWII revamped Quentin Tarantino style, Inglourious Basterds succeeds as the ultimate fantasy revenge story, a Kill Hitler which stands as one the best works in the career of its influential filmmaker.

August 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment
Matthew Pejkovic
Matt's Movie Reviews

Tarantino is at times like a flamboyant, egomaniacal orchestra conductor, gesticulating wildly and turning to the audience to make sure we know that the show's about him.

May 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Looking Closer | Comments (17)
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

Despite some of the scenes dragging on too long, Inglourious Basterds is still a lot of fun, altering history for the better as the Nazis feel the force of redemption.

April 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Fan The Fire | Comment (1)
Sam Bathe
Fan The Fire

Inglourious Basterds is worthy of Dr. Strangelove.

February 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comments (5)
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

... the disc producers have skipped the usual commentary track and traditional making-of documentary for a more eclectic collection of supplements...

January 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Seanax.com | Comment
Sean Axmaker
Seanax.com

Shows how most of us turn to film for both fantasy escape and an avenue to make the abstract past tangible, enough to even possibly, and powerfully, replace actual history.

December 22, 2009 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | Comment (1)
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

A glourious rude mix 'n match of subtitles, nazi scalps, guerrilla cinema and testicle blood-soaked subterranean French cellar saloon shootouts, the movie is a vintage QT Western European western. In other words, Tarantino's WWII heartfelt warsploit rocks

December 20, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

A brilliant rebound with a wonderfully complex story, a great cast, and a score that's really up to par with Tarantino's standards...

December 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comments (3)
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Tarantino's World War II epic is both bloody and talky.

December 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comments (2)
James Rocchi
Common Sense Media

Tarantino's visual style and flare for the fantasy make for an intriguing and colorful World War II drama.

December 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy
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Nice little Tarantino flick of revenge set against the backdrop of WWII. The actors are top notch and the carnage is just right.

August 18, 2009
jmanard52
John Manard

Super Reviewer

Tarantino is a great director, but very overrated. Like many of his films, this one has time-wasting banter, extreme violence, and spins in circles until it finds a conclusion. However, the time-wasting banter is entertaining, the extreme violence in necessary, and the spinning story provides quite the ride. Tarantino

March 30, 2012
Sanjay Rema
Sanjay Rema

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    1. Sgt. Donnie Donowitz: Fuck a duck!
    – Submitted by Fisch K (15 days ago)
    1. Col. Hans "The Jew Hunter" Landa: Ooh, thats a bingo!
    2. Col. Hans "The Jew Hunter" Landa: Is that the way you say it? 'That's a bingo?'
    3. Lt. Aldo Raine: You just say 'bingo.'
    – Submitted by Fisch K (15 days ago)
    1. Col. Hans "The Jew Hunter" Landa: Once again, but this time let me hear the music in it! Bravo, bravo!
    – Submitted by Ranajit S (16 days ago)
    1. Lt. Aldo Raine: You know somethin', Utivich? I think this just might be my masterpiece.
    – Submitted by redwan a (32 days ago)
    1. Col. Hans "The Jew Hunter" Landa: Facts could be so misleading, whereas rumours, true or false, are often revealing.
    – Submitted by Chella M (53 days ago)

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