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10/10/03
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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
An eye-popping, blood-soaked, ingeniously choreographed thriller and Hong Kong homage that ultimately adds up to ... not much.
10/10/03
A tribute both scrupulously authentic and wildly original.
10/10/03
A maddeningly uneven spaghetti Eastern that's well worth seeing for his technical mastery, even as it challenges you with the geeky auteur's boundless self-indulgence.
10/10/03
There's a lot to admire in Kill Bill, and a lot that should have been lopped off like the arms and legs and scalps that go flying.
10/10/03
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is self-indulgent, overwrought, shallow and ridiculous. It is also brilliant, a blast of cinematic lunacy and as much of a guilty pleasure as the schlocky movies Tarantino adores.
10/10/03
Content? Not important. Here delivery is everything, and Tarantino delivers like a man born with film developer pumping through his veins.
10/10/03
With Kill Bill, the film geek has made a movie for other film geeks, students of film and critics.
10/10/03
A brilliant tour de force of trash cinema.
10/10/03
Despite a draggy section and a problem with proportion, Kill Bill bristles with such vitality it hardly matters that -- at least at the halfway point -- it feels inconsequential.
10/10/03
Kill Bill may be mindless fun, but it is the most mindless fun in memory.
10/10/03
An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that will satisfy even the most carnage-crazed action fan.
10/10/03
An action movie with fantastic music, considerable style and the mentality of a director refusing to leave the sanctuary in his 1970s childhood.
10/10/03
The violence, blood levels -- and just plain cheesy gore -- in this film are extreme, but Tarantino's sharp dialogue and expert editing leaves you breathless.
10/10/03
Top CriticA bloated, simplistic, cartoonishly violent film.
10/10/03
A feverish, exhilarating collision of '70s film genres.
10/10/03
...an epic of influences.
10/10/03
The year's most important unimportant movie.
10/10/03
It's worth paying for if it's what you're into; otherwise any neophytes will probably feel a little turned off.
10/10/03
Tarantino's filmmaking prowess has been honed like one of Sonny Chiba's blades and...his homage to chop socky goodness is flawless.
10/10/03
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