Inglourious Basterds (2009)
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Reviews Counted:256
Fresh:227
Rotten:29
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: A classic Tarantino genre-blending thrill ride, Inglourious Basterds is violent, unrestrained, and thoroughly entertaining,
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).... [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Reviews for Inglourious Basterds
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 4.5/5 |
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 |
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4/5 |
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 |
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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 |
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4.5/5 |
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 |
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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 |
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A bold, gory and glorious cinematic fest liberally doused with humour, satire and entertainment value Full Review |
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4/4 |
Inglourious Basterds is worthy of Dr. Strangelove. Full Review |
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8/10 |
Shows how most of us turn to film for both fantasy escape and an avenue to make the abstract past tangible, enough to even possibly, and powerfully, replace actual history. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
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 |
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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 |
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4/5 |
Tarantino's World War II epic is both bloody and talky. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Tarantino's visual style and flare for the fantasy make for an intriguing and colorful World War II drama. Full Review |
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Mr. Waltz's dynamic performance contrasts satirical and dramatic hues, effectively charismatic and repulsive at once. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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 |
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It's great in parts. Full Review |
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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 |
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3/5 |
Não importando a qual gênero 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 |
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4/4 |
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 |
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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 |
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5/5 |
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 |
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December 25, 2009:
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December 24, 2009:
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