A unapologetically entertaining double feature that, despite its drawn out runtime and clunky moments, has an inventive take on an old and often cringe-worthy genre
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04/24/07
Grindhouse (2007)
81 %
Reviews Counted: 185 Fresh: 150 Rotten:35 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Consensus:
Grindhouse delivers exhilarating exploitation fare with wit and panache, improving upon its source material with feral intelligence.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 3 hrs 11 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 6, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $24,928,753
Synopsis: GRINDHOUSE is the cinematic equivalent of Bach and Beethoven adding their touch to a boy-band song. Master directors Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) indulge their inner fanboys and team up for this homage to their favorite B-movies. Rodriguez's film,... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Marley Shelton, Kurt Russell, Bruce Willis
Director: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Gabrielle Roth, Erica Steinberg, Eli Roth, Philip Waley, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Gabrielle Roth, Erica Steinberg, Eli Roth, Philip Waley, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Reviews
Top Critic
As amusing as the concept is, the actual result is a considerable disappointment - a high-tech forgery that lacks the disreputable charm of its models, which were made without the self-conscious affectation on display here.
07/11/08
A mediocre attempt to play with exploitation fire without getting burned. A pair of anti-septic fakes that miss the entire point of exploitation.
04/18/08
3-D Naughtiness! Perverts in Revolt! Sinful Dwarfs! And Even a Movie Review, Why Not?
04/08/08
This is a movie theater experience. It needs to be seen at night, with a big screen and lots of friends.
03/03/08
Has Tarantino ever made a singularly authentic, sincere, innovative frame of film in his entire life?
02/28/08
The trailers for grindhouse movies were always better than the films themselves. Sadly, the same is true of Grindhouse.
02/14/08
Grindhouse is both impressive and disappointing. From a technical and craft point of view it is first-rate; from its standing in the canon of the two directors, it is minor.
10/26/07
Top Critic
It is a movie about watching itself, and that is both solipsistic and pure genius.
09/20/07
[In Death Proof, Tarantino] gleefully subverts the genre to keep us thoroughly entertained.
07/17/07
While I believe Tarantino to be a far greater artist when it comes to lining his cinematic and pop culture channelings with elements of profundity, Rodriguez is something of a master at to-the-point entertainment.
07/03/07
I almost feel bad for Robert Rodriguez, insofar as he has the misfortune to make a generally entertaining feature only to have it eclipsed by some sublime genre work by Quentin Tarantino.
06/09/07
An intriguing package of faux trailers and senseless violence. Rarely is there a film that is so unquestionably enjoyable. Might give the '70s grind house flicks a good name.
05/27/07
The numbness of sitting through nearly two hours of dreck isn't all that kills the momentum going in to Death Proof.
05/02/07
A long, blood-splattered stunt of a movie, Grindhouse, may be something only critics and film nerds can love.
04/29/07
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