Pulp Fiction

critic Reviews

, 92% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Injecting its compendium of crime tales with the patois of everyday conversation, Pulp Fiction is a cinematic shot of adrenaline that cements writer-director Quentin Tarantino as an audacious purveyor of killer kino.
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    Kevin MaherTimes (UK)
    ... A controversial yet award-worthy combination of gorgeous dialogue, genre-literacy, guns and gore.
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    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times
    Quentin Tarantino is the Jerry Lee Lewis of cinema, a pounding performer who doesn't care if he tears up the piano, as long as everybody is rocking.
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    Marjorie BaumgartenAustin Chronicle
    Rarely have I left a movie theatre more thrilled or invigorated as I did after leaving Pulp Fiction.
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    Peter TraversRolling Stone
    There's a special kick that comes from watching something this thrillingly alive.
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    Eleanor Ringel CaterAtlanta Journal-Constitution
    The actors know they've got a good thing and, echoing Tarantino's boldness and resourcefulness, they give it everything they've got.
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    Desson ThomsonWashington Post
    Brilliant and brutal, funny and exhilarating, jaw-droppingly cruel and disarmingly sweet.
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    Dan BuffaRamble On With Buffa (Substack)
    From the riveting split story lines and hyper-profanity to the quotable dialogue and shocking action, Tarantino's movie reverberated then and still does to this day.
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    M.N. MillerFandomWire
    Super cool, totally thrilling, and a startling blend of homage and originality that has not been matched since—once you see it, you’ll never view cinema the same way again.
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    Grant HermannsScreen Rant
    Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction not only remains his best movie, but is an exhilarating crime saga full of great performances and energetic writing.
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    Alan FrenchSunshine State Cineplex
    Pulp Fiction may not be perfect (the Butch sequence struggles to reach the heights of the others). However, its highs are among the very best in cinema history.
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