Grier is an actress able to convey an amazing and unflinching strength, and she reveals the film for the dross it is.
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01/26/06
Foxy Brown (1974)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 10 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Synopsis: FOXY BROWN is Pam Grier's landmark Blaxploitation film, in which she creates the iconic character imitated in films by directors from Spike Lee to Quentin Tarantino. Grier plays Foxy, a toughened woman living in a drug-plagued Los Angeles ghetto who goes on a one-woman mission of... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Pam Grier, Terry Carter, Antonio Fargas, Kathryn Loder, Harry Holcombe
Reviews
1 - 19 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
Like Russ Meyer, [director Jack] Hill doesn't empower women so much as act out his fantasies about large-chested women who can beat him up.
06/26/07
The unapologetically exploitative proceedings take a turn for the disturbingly nasty, but manage to generate an undeniable adrenaline rush.
03/13/07
Top Critic
This is fun action sleaze from the classic era of drive-in blaxploitation films, driven by the no-nonsense direction of Jack Hill, and did well enough at the box office to help put the still-gorgeous Pam Grier on the map. Don't miss it.
03/13/07
The film is dated, but its mixed message -- and its potential to offend virtually everyone -- still makes it a powerful discussion starter.
03/13/07
Miss Grier is obviously durable but, unfortunately, is fast becoming a bore despite all the sex, brawls and gore in Foxy Brown.
05/09/05
Top Critic
A cult classic that's best enjoyed with your tongue firmly in cheek and your political correctness gene locked out in the backyard.
07/25/04
Vigilante-justice film flickers between camp and chauvinism, slam-bang action and sexist idiocy.
11/07/02
Foxy Brown exists to give us some shocks and a good time, which it definitely delivers.
09/26/02
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