Reservoir Dogs (1992)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:41
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.9/10
Synopsis: Former video store clerk Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut, RESERVOIR DOGS, is a brutally funny, supercharged introduction to his supremely distinct cinematic vision, which was later to become... [More]
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Reviews for Reservoir Dogs
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In 1992 Quentin Tarantino did something that hadn't been done since 1986 with David Lynch's "Blue Velvet;" he reinvented cinema. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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5/5 |
Tarantino was slated to direct the masterpiece that was True Romance but took on this project which might be the best directorial debut in years!
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4/4 |
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Undeniably impressive pic grabs the viewer by the lapels and shakes hard, but it also is about nothing other than a bunch of macho guys and how big their guns are. Full Review |
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It's unclear whether this macho thriller does anything to improve the state of the world or our understanding of it, but it certainly sets off enough rockets to hold and shake us for every one of its 99 minutes. Full Review |
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4/4 |
It's dynamite on a short fuse. Full Review |
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A |
You may not like the terms Tarantino sets, but you have to admit he succeeds on them. Full Review |
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B+ |
A highly cinematic blast for those who can stomach its brutality...Like Glengarry Glen Ross with guns. Full Review |
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Structurally, Tarantino may have borrowed from Kubrick's crimers and Hong Kong films, but for a debut, it's brilliantly written and acted and it captures the paranoia of white working-class men, threatened by gays, women and other groups. Full Review |
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A tour de force. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere with perhaps the most astonishing, explosive American debut film since John Cassavetes' Shadows. Full Review |
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You don't have to love it to be impressed with its riveting treatment of criminals in action. Full Review |
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91/100 |
The one QT film that always manages to rope a knot in my stomach and keep a firm grip, pulling, twisting, tightening and re-tying it. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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4/4 |
For Tarantino, the age of heroic competence is as dead as his characters are at the fadeout. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Grandes atuações em um filme chocante, mas engraçado em sua violência estilizada.
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5/5 |
Fantastic crime movie. Awesome dialogue, plot structure and acting. Doesn't get much better.
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3/5 |
A small, modestly budgeted crime movie of sometimes dazzling cinematic pyrotechnics and over-the- top dramatic energy. Full Review |
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