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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Chris S

@Janomi 3d

Django Unchained is Quentin Tarantino at the top of his game. He deserves enormous credit for the story, casting, and direction, creating the most entertaining and emotionally satisfying films of his career. Blending the Western, revenge thriller, and dark comedy, he delivers a screenplay that's endlessly quotable, surprisingly funny, and impossible to stop watching. Jamie Foxx is outstanding in the title role, but Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio elevate the film even further. Waltz's Oscar-winning performance as Dr. King Schultz is charismatic, compassionate, and endlessly entertaining, while DiCaprio creates one of Tarantino's greatest villains in Calvin Candie. The three-hour runtime flies by thanks to exceptional pacing, razor-sharp dialogue, and constant tension, culminating in one of cinema's most satisfying revenge stories. Tarantino's fearless filmmaking, unforgettable performances, and masterful screenplay make Django Unchained one of my favorite films of all time.

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Frank S.

@Frank24 3d

Actually might be the best film ever made.

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Brandon S.

@RT60203392 Jun 22

A cinematic masterpiece. One of the best movies ever made! Django is one bad dude!!

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Colin H.

@1csh23 Jun 18

Great movie, story came to an end in a great way. Edge of my seat the whole time.

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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