No need to buckle up, Death Proof is stuck in the slow lane. Self-indulgent and uninspired, bankrollers Bob and Harvey Weinstein should have reined in Tarantino with a genuine Grindhouse-sized budget.
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09/21/07
Death Proof (2007)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:21
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Master director Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION) indulges his inner fanboy by paying homage to his favorite B-movies in DEATH PROOF. Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks beautiful women with his... [More]
Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan, Tracie Thoms
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Reviews for Death Proof
Now with added lapdance, QT’s B-movie homage to cars and girls deploys its cheap thrills with laid-back craft and class. Russell’s wicked fun, Bell’s a true trooper. Distributors! Can we have Planet Terror now, please?
09/21/07
There's plenty of fun to be had with Death Proof, but its imitation of a defunct, low-budget style of movie-making is perhaps too accurate when it comes to the genre's flaws.
09/21/07
A waste of time. A waste of celluloid. A waste of talent.
09/21/07
Smart attention is paid to some interesting tensions between old and new in areas as varied as pop culture, photography, effects work, automobile construction, telephony and audio recording technology.
09/21/07
Ladies and gentlemen, Quentin Tarantino presents Death Proof: another feature-length gimmick that chokes two screamingly good action sequences in a smog of self-indulgent, self-referential, self-satisfied flatulence.
09/21/07
Seriously entertaining American filmmaking and definitely not the half-serious pastiche it could easily have been. No seatbelt, no airbag, no nuthin’ — just Tarantino driving wildly under the influence.
09/21/07
Top CriticDeath Proof doesn't simply comment on its genre inspirations - it adds to their very legacy.
09/17/07
If you want to do this material justice... hold off on it until the release of Planet Terror and then watch them both together.
09/17/07
Tarantino has literally lost the plot, foregoing narrative drive for loquacious idling.
09/05/07
What's new in Death Proof? Well, a lot of jibber-jabber. It's Tarantino jibber-jabber -- quick and juicy and deadpan and blunt and baroque -- but it's jibber-jabber nonetheless, minor time-filler between a few moments of twisted-metal glory or twisted-hum
06/04/07
Despite some benefits in sequences that feature Zoe Bell, the new cut, which is 111 minutes (and not 127 as listed in the program), also brings to the surface weaknesses, resulting in a bloated, self-important picture.
05/23/07
Much of this material is terrific in purely cinematic terms; one of Tarantino's saving graces as a filmmaker is his often surprising capacity for contemplative moments and patches of plotlessness.
05/23/07
Although overall impact of Tarantino's homage to chick-driven actioners and auto demolition derbies remains about the same, pic's second half, in particular, benefits from the further detailing it's now received.
05/23/07
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