Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

Jackie Brown landed well with most critics at release — praised for Pam Grier's commanding central performance and Tarantino's characteristically sharp dialogue — though the film's deliberately slow, unhurried pace divided opinion and left some feeling it lacked the electric momentum of his earlier work. The gap between enthusiastic critical reception and a more cautious audience response suggests it rewards patience more than it delivers immediate thrills.