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Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Average Rating: 9.1/10
Reviews Counted: 59
Fresh: 56 | Rotten: 3

One of the most influential films of the 1990s, Pulp Fiction is a delirious post-modern mix of neo-noir thrills, pitch-black humor, and pop-culture touchstones.

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Average Rating: 8.5/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 1

One of the most influential films of the 1990s, Pulp Fiction is a delirious post-modern mix of neo-noir thrills, pitch-black humor, and pop-culture touchstones.

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Outrageously violent, time-twisting, and in love with language, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s. Director and co-screenwriter Quentin Tarantino synthesized such seemingly disparate traditions as the syncopated language of David Mamet; the serious violence of American gangster movies, crime movies, and films noirs mixed up with the wacky violence of cartoons, video games, and Japanese animation; and the fragmented story-telling structures of

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May 19, 1998

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All Critics (59) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (66) | Rotten (3) | DVD (53)

If you smile at David Mamet's dialogue, you'll laugh out loud at the words of Quentin Tarantino.

January 16, 2013 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune
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Tarantino's dialogue, with its densely propulsive, almost lawyerly fervor, its peppery comic blend of literacy and funk, has more snap and fight than most directors' action scenes.

September 7, 2011 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
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Tarantino's guilty secret, which the international critics should have noticed, is that his films are cultural hybrids.

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comments (4)
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The way that this picture has been so widely ravened up and drooled over verges on the disgusting. Pulp Fiction nourishes, abets, cultural slumming.

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A spectacularly entertaining piece of pop culture.

March 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment (1)
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The overall project is evident: to evict real life and real people from the art film and replace them with generic teases and assorted hommages. Don't expect any of the life experiences of the old movie sources to leak through.

March 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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Its dedicated fan-base and the pop-culture reverberations that have flowed steadily from it, almost 20 years on, echo Tarantino's achievements with Pulp Fiction. Unassailable filmmaking.

October 16, 2012 Full Review Source: Shotgun Critic
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Some of its strengths still impress. There's the trivial-turned-menacing, the gangster-gone-poppy, and the various sadnesses, poignancies, and tragic pointlessnesses that seep out of the best noirs.

May 10, 2012 Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Seventeen years on, Pulp Fiction still works like a motherfucker

November 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comments (2)
Film Freak Central

The most influential film of the 1990s makes its highly anticipated bow on Blu-ray, and Lionsgate rises to the occasion with this spectacular transfer and strong supplemental material.

October 20, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

A balls-out postmodern comedy par excellence. It's a Royale with Cheese. [Blu-ray]

October 19, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews
Groucho Reviews

Look deeply enough, and the universe emerges in full.

April 28, 2011 Full Review Source: Projection Booth
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[VIDEO] After reinventing American cinema with his thrilling first film "Reservoir Dogs," Quentin Tarantino delivered an even better one, "Pulp Fiction."

January 29, 2011 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
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A modern classic, more memorable than the 1970s flicks that inspired it.

September 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment (1)
Film4

Samuel L. Jackson's wallet from the film is sitting in my back pocket right now. Enough said.

August 2, 2008 | Comments (10)
BDK Reviews

But what makes the film such wicked fun is the way Tarantino delivers the familiar with a twist. He continually prepares us for one thing and then delivers another.

May 19, 2008 | Comment (1)
KPBS.org

Tarantino shows penchant for the rhythm of words--the banter has the drollery of gangland Samuel Beckett--and he's also good at taking seemingly routine situations and giving them a sudden vertiginous twist, such as the farcical drug overdoze scene.

September 12, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for Pulp Fiction

Groundbreaking monologue, fantastic blend of violence & humor, as well as a stylized vision builds this film to be one of the best motion pictures of its decade. Pulp Fiction is arguably one the greatest films by Quentin Tarantino and the history of cinema. 4.5/5
December 28, 2012
Eugene Bernabe

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I get asked often what my favorite movie is and the answer is always the same, "Pulp Fiction". The first time I saw this I was 17 years old and asked my parents what "Reservoir Dogs" was about because I heard that the "Du Hast" video by Rammstein was based on that movie. They told me about it, and it sounded amazing. So I went up to broadway video(only Paris people will remember that glorious video store) and rented "Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" on VHS. I didn't know if I would watch "Fiction" or not, but I saw the same guy directed both, so I figured I would check it out just in case. I watched "Dogs" and was in love and as soon as it ended I popped "Fiction" in. From the opening scene I knew I was watching something special, something amazing, and a movie that I would never forget. I watched it again the next day(something I rarely ever do), and then a few days later I bought them both on DVD(all I had was a PS2 and didn't use it very much). I have watched "Fiction" countless times since and have the entire movie basically memorized. I've boughtt it again on a 2 disc DVD and then last year I bout it on blu ray. Last night was the first time I got around to watching it on Blu Ray, and my god the movie pops and comes to life like I hadn't seen. From the color of Vincent's car to the sweat on Jules head it just make this feel like a new movie. It had been a couple years since I just sat down and watched this all the way through, and the movie still feels insanely fresh, innovative, and special. I was still on the edge when Mia gets her adrenaline shot. I was still shocked when Zed brings out the gimp and I still laughed at how crazy Honey Bunny gets after being so damn sweet. This movie is an extreme movie as you either love it or hate it(I know people that are on both sides), and I absolutely love it. If rotten tomatoes would let me I'd give it 10 stars, because no other movie comes close to giving the amazing experience that "Pulp Fiction" is able to give. I've introduced this movie to quite a few people and it's a movie that when Grant comes of age, I can't wait to show him. If you have never seen this, this I strongly, strongly recommend you rent/download/borrow a copy, set aside 3 hours and just prepare to get your mind blown. If you have seen this, this go back and watch again. This movie gets better with age, better with each showing, and I seriously doubt I will ever find a movie better. "Pulp Fiction" is my all time favorite movie, and if you don't like it then you are a *draws an imaginary square Mia Wallace style*.
December 23, 2012
Everett Johnson

Super Reviewer

    1. Jules Winnfield: You ever read the Bible, Brett?
    2. Brett: Yes!
    3. Jules Winnfield: There's a passage that I got memorized, seems appropiate for this situation: Ezekiel 25,17. "The path of the righteous man is beset of all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil me. Blessed is he who, in the name of the charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
    – Submitted by Jean R (17 days ago)
    1. Jules Winnfield: Oh, man, I will never forgive your ass for this shit. This is some fucked-up repugnant shit.
    2. Vincent Vega: Jules, did you ever hear the philosophy that once a man admits that he's wrong that he is immediately forgiven for all wrongdoings? Have you ever heard that?
    3. Jules Winnfield: Get the fuck out my face with that shit! The motherfucker that said that shit never had to pick up itty-bitty pieces of skull on account of your dumb ass.
    – Submitted by Eli T (43 days ago)
    1. Jules Winnfield: Normally, both your asses would be dead as fucking fried chicken, but you happen to pull this shit while I'm in a transitional period so I don't wanna kill you, I wanna help you. But I can't give you this case, it don't belong to me. Besides, I've already been through too much shit this morning over this case to hand it over to your dumb ass.
    – Submitted by Eli T (43 days ago)
    1. Jules Winnfield: Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time!
    – Submitted by Eli T (43 days ago)
    1. Jules Winnfield: Oh I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?
    – Submitted by Micah S (45 days ago)
    1. Butch Coolidge: That's how you're gonna beat 'em, Butch. They keep underestimating you.
    – Submitted by Dutch E (57 days ago)

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