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Grindhouse
2007
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Positive Reviews
88
Negative reviews
10
Average Rating
3.7
/5
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4.5
It summons the most crackerjack pop charge of any movie with Tarantinos name on it since Pulp Fiction.
EW
3.1
Taken as a whole two movies and a handful of trailers Grindhouse is pure popcorn fun.
Rogerebert
3.0
Tarantinos Death Proof a mix of Hal Needham esque stunts, slasher horror and Degrassi High gabbingsimply drops the homage pretense halfway through and ..
Time Out
2.5
But in a film thats already established its protagonist as a raging, loathsome man, theres no room here for romantic notions of crime.
4.5
The movie doesnt bother to tell you, by the way, how she manages to pull the trigger, but thats just the critic in me, details, details, details.
3.0
More than just a fun three hours at the movies, Grindhouse is a total immersion into movie geekdom, in which the packaging, marketing, lore, and accum ..
3.0
The trailers for grindhouse movies were always better than the films themselves. Sadly, the same is true of Grindhouse.
E Film Critic
4.4
Despite the occasional bump n grind over its three hour plus running time, there havent been two films released in 2007 yet more worth your dollar.
E Film Critic
3.8
In truth, Tarantino doesnt even attempt a grind house style feature.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
As was the case with most of the AIP exploitation programmers it fondly recalls, Grindhouse proves more entertaining to anticipate than actually to wa ..
One Guys Opinion
0.5
In paying homage to an obsolete form of movie culture, Grindhouse delivers a dropkick to ours.
Village Voice
3.8
Death Proof doesnt have Planet Terrors humor, pyrotechnics, and high action quotient; Planet Terror lacks Death Proofs dialogue, innovative car chases ..
ReelViews
3.8
Tarantinos version pits two sets of female friends against Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell), a scarred, deceptively genial loner in a death proof car.
Tv Guide
3.1
As one wise writer once pointed out, you cant set out to make a cult film.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.1
His movie isnt so much a joke, though, and Tarantinos outing is far more subdued.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.8
Tarantino has crafted a movie that wouldve surely worked better as a standalone piece of work, as theres just no mistaking it for anything other than ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.5
By making a movie thats intentionally bad, Rodriguez has made a movie thats very good.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Sure, its kinda missing the point to take critical aim at affectedly skuzzy retro B movie trash, but thats no excuse for half of this movie to suck.
News Review
4.5
An ungainly creature that alternates moments of sheer brilliance with moments of stunning banality. Fortunately, the former end up outnumbering the la ..
Film Journal International ..
3.1
Grindhouse runs three plus hours and is simply too much of a good bad thing.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
These films are the equivalent of a low rent, all you can eat smorgasbord. You get a lot of everything, but somewhere along the line you can make your ..
Az Central
4.4
By the time Fergie is dismembered by zombies, you know youre in good hands. She tastes Fergalicious, Im guessing.
Boston
4.5
The thing is Tarantinos once prized digressive dialogue isnt just old hat, its ersatz old hat.
Mountain X
4.5
This pure adrenaline cinema more than makes up for the long tedious stretches that come before.
4.4
Ostensibly a wrong place wrong time road movie of the venerable Vanishing Point, Macon County Line, Texas Chain Saw Massacre tradition, Tarantinos mov ..
Toronto Star
3.5
A decidedly mixed bag, this homage to exploitation films shows the idiosyncratic approach, strengths and weaknesses of its helmers. Comparison of two ..
Emanuellevy
5.0
But just when youre expecting more of the same from Death Proof, youre thrown off balance.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
a navel gazing exercise in nostalgia for a bygone era when trash cinema had its own lurid pedigree and roster of auteurs
Q Network
4.5
They wanted to create the grind house experience, and thats exactly what I received.
Cinema Crazed
4.5
The gore is deliberately fake looking and absurd, but that doesnt make it any less yucky to watch Naveen Andrews pelt Bruce Willis with a bag full of ..
Slate
4.5
Its the most incredible blast of disgusting, orgasmically exploitive trash Ive seen in forever, and sitting through it made me a better human being.
Movies
4.5
Grindhouse is, at the end of the day, simply a fun time at the theater
Flim Threet
3.1
For the one of a kind experience all by itself, it is not to be missed. Narrowing in ones focus on the quality of what is offered, it is more of a mix ..
The Movie Boy
4.5
Its a shame that Russell doesnt have more to do, because hes easily the most enjoyable part.
Bullz-Eye
4.0
Setting aside the dubious coherence and suspect nostalgia of the enterprise, Grindhouse is a fascinating exercise in genre reinvention, a showcase for ..
Calendar Live
3.1
Grindhouse may offer two films for the price of one, but only the second end of this devilish double feature is actually worth the price of admission.
Movie Freak
4.0
Its very good idea, a womens exploitation film that thoroughly celebrates women.
1.5
To say Tarantinos Death Proof represents a change of pace is like saying summer is hotter than winter.
Cnn
4.4
Where Rodriguez made a fantastic little zombie movie that made me squirm, Tarantino made a slower, less flashy film with more staying power.
Movie Habit
3.0
Its nowhere near as much fun for fans to watch as it was for these fan boys to make.
Boxoffice Magazine
4.2
Truthfully, this movie was a slam dunk waiting to happen since Rodriguez and Tarantino hatched the concept.
E Online
4.5
Tarantino and Rodriguez are telling us something about what turned them on at the movies back when the thrills were as cheap as the tickets (and befor ..
La Weekly
3.0
DEATH PROOF doesnt much riff on as reproduce the genre hes working with.
Killer Movie Reviews
5.0
It is a movie about watching itself, and that is both solipsistic and pure genius.
Antagony & Ecstasy
3.8
While there are moments of gleeful brilliance in Mr. Rodriguez gory zombie flick Planet Terror, Mr. Tarantinos relentlessly talky, serial killer in a ..
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
Finally, Eli Roth presents an 80s style slasher movie called Thanksgiving.
Waffle Movies
3.8
Planet Terror is the over plotted sci fi piece, chock full or stereotypes and subplots.
Movie Crypt
4.4
Its too bad that Planet Terror isnt as great as Death Proof but hey, were getting two flicks for the price of one, so we cant complain too much, right
Montreal Film Journal
3.1
Unlike Death Proof, the film doesnt fudge on funny scary cheap thrills, and its seedy 70s vibe feels authentic.
Chron
5.0
But perhaps, in retrospect, thats what it deserves its the biggest, most star studded cult film ever made and comes with its very own sob story.
The Shiz Nit
3.8
The talking delays the inevitable car chase, which is great wicked fun when it finally arrives.
Mercury News
4.4
Taken as a whole, Grindhouse is a deliriously entertaining night out at the theater. This is one movie that absolutely wont have the same impact at ho ..
Scene Stealers
0.5
The whole thing runs a bit over three hours, goes by swiftly, contains countless film references and includes hilarious fake trailers.
Wsj
3.2
Like the old drive in speakers that you used to hang on your half lowered car windows, it may not be the best way to experience the medium. But if you ..
Guide Live
1.5
I enjoyed the invented trailers the directors fold into the mix, but despite the jokey missing reels, these two full length features are each 20 minut ..
Chicago Reader
3.8
Even then, the excitement is marked more by its brevity than its quality, and Tarantinos self indulgence constantly threatens to overwhelm whatever mi ..
Flip Side Archive
3.2
For those who want to witness a daring, albeit flawed, original freak show from two of Hollywoods elite directors that could turn the industry on its ..
From The Balcony
3.5
Grindhouse is not your dear Aunt Marthas movie, but its a heck of a ride.
Movie Metropolis
3.0
An important fact to be noted about Grindhouse is this: Its three hours and 11 minutes long. After sitting through the rousing Rodriguez feature that ..
M Tv
4.0
If Tarantino and Rodriguez were hoping to make a film better than the poster, they exceeded their own expectations.
Filmcritic.com
5.0
Both features offered tons of action, kung fu fighting, comedy and over the top acting.
Entertainment Spectrum
3.5
If you appreciate the styles that Rodriguez and Tarantino are simultaneously spoofing and paying tribute to, Grindhouse is the equivalent of a junk fo ..
James Sanford on Film
5.0
Its the way Rodriguez, Tarantino, and their guests recreate an experience for you that really makes this one of the most inventive, entertaining, and ..
Aisle Seat
4.5
This is a movie theater experience. It needs to be seen at night, with a big screen and lots of friends.
The Scorecard Review
4.5
Theres wide eyed Marley Shelton, badass Freddy Rodriguez, ignorantly authoritative Michael Beihn, tragically sexy Rose McGowan and pure A hole Josh Br ..
Can Mag
4.5
Considering this genre has had a popular appeal of late, the idea of another zombie film doesnt exactly seem retro.
Dark Horizons
1.5
A film whose pop cultural penetration will be very deep for a select few, and conversely very shallow for very many, and thats including those who eve ..
IGN Movies
3.2
Grindhouse is insider fun when Rodriguez is in charge and regrettable trash when Tarantino takes over.
Detroit News
4.0
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino return with a rousing tribute to the genre movies that inspired them.
Movies Ign
3.2
Rodriguez and Tarantino pay homage to the 70s exploitation films: For me the Tarantino breathtaking car chase offering is superior to Rodriguezs zombi ..
Compuserve
3.8
But that doesnt stop Grindhouse from being an outrageously entertaining, slam bang double feature.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
4.5
The palpable cinematic elation and hip vibe that wafts from the screen is more than contagious; its stupefying.
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
4.4
Almost literally dripping with film buffs excitement over how far movies have come, how far they havent, and the onscreen bits and pieces that will ne ..
Metromix.com
3.5
Tarantinos feature Death Proof is the better homage to grindhouse, while Rodriguezs feature Planet Terror is more a contemporary update of the old dri ..
Cinematical
4.5
Rodriguez goes for full blooded faithfulness, Tarantino goes for genre analysis and reconfiguration, and the results are, ultimately, about as coheren ..
Cinematical
4.0
...moves like a nitro fueled bus of flaming nuns at the Indy 500!
Dread Central
4.2
Gloriously grotesque, hilariously horrific and exactly the shot in the arm movies have been needing for far too long.
Film Jerk
4.4
Exploitation cinema is combustible stuff that only highly trained professionals should be permitted to play with.
Premiere Magazine
2.5
A long, blood splattered stunt of a movie, Grindhouse, may be something only critics and film nerds can love.
2 The Advocate
5.0
... A wholly unique experience that absolutely must be taken in on the big screen to get the full effect.
Stardem
4.5
Critic Ray Pride dissected its failure best, stating public disinterest came from the perception that it was, Two overlong shitty movies aping shitty ..
The Tyee
3.8
Delivers all the trashy, seat squirming, eye covering moments your fiercely racing heart craves. Forget about guilty pleasures. Call it a pleasure, an ..
D Cist
2.5
Has Tarantino ever made a singularly authentic, sincere, innovative frame of film in his entire life
Brandon Fibbs
3.8
Yes, the hotly anticipated Grindhouse opened to a smaller box office than Are We Done Yet, which was hotly anticipated only by the people Ice Cube owe ..
Movie Juice
4.0
It seems people dont want to pay money to see something thats intentionally bad.
Blu Ray Ign
5.0
Their pastiches take the best of their nostalgic 1960s and 70s trash heap and reshape it into kitschy action comedies that stand as adoring monuments ..
Arizona Daily Star
4.0
Death Proof is, in many ways, an amazing approximation of the old exploitation films, but with an unmistakable QT vibe. Rodriguez, on the other hand, ..
Chud
1.5
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, ..
4.4
Shocking gore. Excessive violence. Gratuitous nudity. Exploding pustules. Hey, maybe your childhood was different than mine.
Seattle Times
4.5
What amazed me however, was the unexpected feeling of feminine empowerment.
3 Black Chicks
4.5
Its a heavily stylized, volatile, atomic sensory shockwave that is so hip and ice cool, youll need to visit MySpace just to bring your overall awesome ..
English Oh My News
1.5
Only somebody with enough resources and clout within the movie industry can resurrect an unpleasant exploitation genre and turn it into a funky and en ..
4.5
Both films are wildly entertaining, as long as youre ready for the high intensity gore factor, the sex (mostly talk) and the violence.
Democratand Chronicle
3.8
And a certainty for best one legged, one linered, ball flying, brain eating, lesbian medical zombie go go flick with barbecue recipes in Planet Terror ..
Sea Coast Online
4.5
A gigantic ice cream sundae for old school genre film enthusiasts.
FEARnet
4.4
An intriguing package of faux trailers and senseless violence. Rarely is there a film that is so unquestionably enjoyable. Might give the 70s grind ho ..
Cinema Sight
1.5
Supped up with testosterone and estrogen, charred bits o flesh and more panty shots than the red carpet at the Adult Video News Awards, Grindhouse is ..
Rich Mond
4.5
These are filmmakers who have followed their muse, for better or for worse, and what theyve come up with here rewards every bit of faith Ive ever put ..
Aint It Cool
1.5
A mediocre attempt to play with exploitation fire without getting burned. A pair of anti septic fakes that miss the entire point of exploitation.
Beyond Hollywood
5.0
A couple of hilarious, high attrition rate horror parodies augmented by faux ads for four equally outrageous releases, all adding up to a guaranteed t ..
DallasBlack.com
1.5
Terror Planet is too much for its own good, but Death Proof leaves you wanting more.
4.5
Tarantino has conceived a plot just as odd as the better, experimental 70s drive in films.
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