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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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Reviews Counted:255

Fresh:225

Rotten:30

Average Rating:7.6/10

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

Australian Rating: TBC

Runtime: 2 hrs 33 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Australian Theatrical Release:
Aug 20, 2009 Wide

US Box Office: $120,523,073

Synopsis: Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz).... Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.

Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own... --© Weinstein Co. and Universal Pictures [More]

Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth

Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, Til Schweiger, Melanie Laurent, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Denis Menochet, Mike Myers, Rod Taylor, Martin Wuttke, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Studio: Miramax Films

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What really makes Inglourious Basterds stick out like a Royale with cheese...is its sheer playfulness. Tarantino does digress, as is his wont, but these are not the irritating indulgences they were in Kill Bill.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment 1 Comment
08/21/09
Jim Schembri
Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)
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The film is long, certainly, but it’s never dull; it’s violent, of course, but hey, World War II was a violent business and war movies were never like this before.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment 1 Comment
08/19/09
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
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This rollicking epic harks back to typical wordy Tarantino fare, with the added explicit violence that’s to be expected from this cult director.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
08/19/09
Erin Free
Erin Free
FILMINK (Australia)
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A two and half hour film made up of only a handful of beautifully crafted scenes. Superbly exagerated characters in high intensity moments. This is classic Tarantino.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
08/19/09
Giles Hardie
Giles Hardie
Sydney Morning Herald
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Be prepared for unsettling shifts in pace and tone, be prepared to be shocked and amused, to laugh and guffaw and to be always surprised in this comic fantasy which is cheeky enough to reinvent history and has audiences clapping as it does so

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/17/09
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile
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A bold, gory and glorious cinematic fest liberally doused with humour, satire and entertainment value

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/17/09
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
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A brilliant rebound with a wonderfully complex story, a great cast, and a score that's really up to par with Tarantino's standards...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
12/18/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Quentin Tarantino seems to be hanging on to a lost world of moviemaking. He may be nuts. But he's a nut who cares.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment 3 Comments
12/16/09
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com

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

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
12/14/09
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Common Sense Media

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

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
12/12/09
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
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Mr. Waltz's dynamic performance contrasts satirical and dramatic hues, effectively charismatic and repulsive at once.

Full Review Source: Cinemalogue.com | comment 2 Comments
12/06/09
Rubin Safaya
Rubin Safaya
Cinemalogue.com

Un divertido disparate sobre tema serio que es, en definitiva, una celebración y reivindicación del cine como espectáculo. Gran trabajo del austriaco Christoph Waltz en el papel de Hans Landa.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
11/14/09
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

It's great in parts.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment 1 Comment
11/04/09
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Simply Tarantino's best. A very intelligent script that combines war movie elements with some pointed observations about violence in movies and in society.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment 2 Comments
10/25/09
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
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Năo importando a qual gęnero pertençam ou que história estejam contando, os filmes de Quentin Tarantino giram primordialmente em torno de duas coisas: o Cinema e o amor que o diretor sente por este.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
10/09/09
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Hitler is introduced in a cape like a comic-book villain, so moral relativism clearly isn't part of the plan. With its intentionally brash rewriting of history, Inglourious Basterds is what Quentin Tarantino's back-half of Grindhouse should've been.

Full Review Source: Suite101.com | comment 6 Comments
09/22/09
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers
Suite101.com

As it progresses, it increasingly takes its cues from Ernst Lubitsch's great Nazi farce To Be or Not to Be, except eventually even wackier and less realistic.

Full Review Source: Brand X | comment 2 Comments
09/20/09
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Brand X

Gutsy, pleasurable and very satisfying. Packaged together by the amazing Quentin Tarantino, this film will slap you in the face and say: "Damn good, what a way to end the summer!"

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
09/11/09
Jolene Mendez
Jolene Mendez
Entertainment Spectrum

97% mature, solid, suspenseful, respectful, artistic, violent, sophisticated, tremulous, funny, surprising

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment 4 Comments
09/10/09
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

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.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment 51 Comments
09/10/09
Jonathan F. Richards
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
 
 
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