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Grindhouse (2007)

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Reviews Counted:186

Fresh:152

Rotten:34

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Grindhouse delivers exhilarating exploitation fare with wit and panache, improving upon its source material with feral intelligence.

Runtime: 3 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: GRINDHOUSE is the cinematic equivalent of Bach and Beethoven adding their touch to a boy-band song. Master directors Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) indulge their... GRINDHOUSE is the cinematic equivalent of Bach and Beethoven adding their touch to a boy-band song. Master directors Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) indulge their inner fanboys and team up for this homage to their favorite B-movies. Rodriguez's film, PLANET TERROR, is an old-fashioned zombie film that's infused with enough gore and giggles to please even Peter Jackson (BAD TASTE). Rose McGowan (CHARMED) plays Cherry, a go-go dancer whose night is interrupted by a vicious zombie attack that leaves her missing a leg. Her ex-boyfriend, Wray (Freddy Rodriguez, SIX FEET UNDER), takes charge, fashioning her a new leg from a machine gun and killing zombies along the way. In Tarantino's DEATH PROOF, Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks beautiful women with his deadly vintage car. When he picks a trio of tough girls (Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, and Zoe Bell), he learns they aren't such easy prey. This double feature plays as a three-hour ode to the horror and exploitation films that once played in grimy grindhouses across the country. As with any Tarantino film, there are plenty of nods to pop culture, and this is no exception. Fellow horror directors Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, and Edgar Wright contribute fake trailers that are squeezed in between the two features. Genre fans will love seeing familiar faces such as Tom Savini, Danny Trejo, and Bill Moseley. Clearly Tarantino and Rodriguez were film lovers before they were filmmakers, and their passion for the medium is infectious. Those who can stomach GRINDHOUSE's high level of guns, guts, and gore are in for a treat. The hyper-violent films aren't for everyone, but three hours of film has rarely been this much fun. [More]

Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Marley Shelton, Kurt Russell

Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Marley Shelton, Kurt Russell, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Naveen Andrews, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Zoe Bell, Michael Bacall, Eli Roth, Michael Parks, James Parks, Stacy Ferguson, Tom Savini, Sheri Moon Zombie, Danny Trejo, Bill Moseley, Nicolas Cage

Director: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth

Director: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Gabrielle Roth, Erica Steinberg, Eli Roth, Philip Waley, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Studio: Dimension Films

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[In Death Proof, Tarantino] gleefully subverts the genre to keep us thoroughly entertained.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
07/17/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Half smirk, half transcendence

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/27/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org

This is a movie theater experience. It needs to be seen at night, with a big screen and lots of friends.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
09/04/08
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

As amusing as the concept is, the actual result is a considerable disappointment - a high-tech forgery that lacks the disreputable charm of its models, which were made without the self-conscious affectation on display here.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/11/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

Hopefully Rodriguez and Tarantino will make more of these.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
06/18/08
Lucius Gore
Lucius Gore
ESplatter

A mediocre attempt to play with exploitation fire without getting burned. A pair of anti-septic fakes that miss the entire point of exploitation.

Full Review Source: Beyond Hollywood | comment Comment
04/18/08
Brian Holcomb
Brian Holcomb
Beyond Hollywood

3-D Naughtiness! Perverts in Revolt! Sinful Dwarfs! And Even a Movie Review, Why Not?

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
04/08/08
Shane Burridge
Shane Burridge
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Has Tarantino ever made a singularly authentic, sincere, innovative frame of film in his entire life?

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment 1 Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

The trailers for grindhouse movies were always better than the films themselves. Sadly, the same is true of Grindhouse.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/14/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Each film would have fared better as a 15-minute short.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
01/04/08
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Grindhouse is both impressive and disappointing. From a technical and craft point of view it is first-rate; from its standing in the canon of the two directors, it is minor.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 4 Comments
10/26/07
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It is a movie about watching itself, and that is both solipsistic and pure genius.

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09/20/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Thank you Tarantino, thank you Rodriguez, it was a pleasure...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
07/10/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

While I believe Tarantino to be a far greater artist when it comes to lining his cinematic and pop culture channelings with elements of profundity, Rodriguez is something of a master at to-the-point entertainment.

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07/03/07
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

An intriguing package of faux trailers and senseless violence. Rarely is there a film that is so unquestionably enjoyable. Might give the '70s grind house flicks a good name.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
05/27/07
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy
 
 
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