Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
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Reviews Counted:216
Fresh:184
Rotten:32
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: Kill Bill is nothing more than a highly stylized revenge flick. But what style!
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: After a six-year hiatus, Quentin Tarantino returns to the director's chair with KILL BILL. The movie proves once again that he is a hyperactive visionary and the master of cinematic coolness. Split... [More]
Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Chiaki Kuriyama
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Reviews for Kill Bill Vol. 1
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I didn't leave the cinema aching to see Volume Two (out in February), though I'm interested to learn how things work out. Full Review |
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It's all bang, bang; no kiss, kiss. But this is still bravura film-making from a prodigious talent, and Thurman may yet prove its saving grace. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Brutally bloody and thrillingly callous from first to last. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Has all the coolness and daring and wit through which Tarantino made his name. It delivers what we expected, and packs some shocking punches on top. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Despite the (for some) outrageous amount of violence, Tarantino manages to stage these fight scenes with panache, opting for a tongue-in-cheek tone that elicits more chuckles than gasps of horror. Full Review |
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4/5 |
It lacks the trademark snappy dialogue but delivers fantastic fight scenes, a cool soundtrack and a dizzying array of cinematic tricks. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Guaranteed to blow you away. Full Review |
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A barely watchable mess, a tangled montage of fashion gloss streaked in gore, a cocktail party in an abattoir. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The characters are vivid enough to rise above [Tarantino's] cinematic nerdiness. Thurman is shockingly good. Full Review |
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A blood-stained love letter to exploitation movies that seems to be missing a few pages. Full Review |
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A- |
Quentin Tarantino's long awaited fourth film finds the pop culture carnivore of filmmaking reinvigorating cinema a second time over with a single-plot-trajectory revenge movie that utilizes samurai sword action with a shifting score of infectious guitar d Full Review |
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3/4 |
Something borrowed, something bloody. [Blu-ray] Full Review |
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3/5 |
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A strange, fun and densely textured work that gets better as it goes along. Full Review |
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Even more gory and adolescent than its models, which explains both the fun and the unpleasantness of this globe-trotting romp. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Kill Bill is a temple of worship -- a devout hymn of praise to crap cinema (which isn't always crappy). Full Review |
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3/4 |
Kill Bill is pretty stupid, but there are also moments of beauty and brilliance. Full Review |
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B |
Unfolding as a book the film is conceived in chapters, each boasting the look and pulse of a specific genre; as expected of Tarantino, there are references to music, literature, fashion, and above all movies and pop culture, both American and foreign. Full Review |
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