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V_Translanka

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Another great Tarantino movie. Scenes don't come as legendary as "The Ear Scene".

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Posted nov 13, 2008 2:41 pm pt

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I freaking love this film. It has some of the best dialog that I have heart. The slow motion scene with the opening credits is the definition of cool

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Posted jul 31, 2007 1:11 pm pt

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Reservoir Dogs is probably one of the better movies Tarentino has ever directed. It has some very sick humor in it and an engrossing story about a robbery gone awry. Although the movie is found wanting when it comes to action it still performs...
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Reservoir Dogs is probably one of the better movies Tarentino has ever directed. It has some very sick humor in it and an engrossing story about a robbery gone awry. Although the movie is found wanting when it comes to action it still performs reasonably well.

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Posted jul 9, 2007 11:21 am pt

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Tarantino succeeds again. This movie never fails to amaze me. Brilliant dialogue, individual characters each with a firm history, spectacular plotline and a fabulous twist to end this explosive movie. Though the lack of action sequences may not...
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Tarantino succeeds again. This movie never fails to amaze me. Brilliant dialogue, individual characters each with a firm history, spectacular plotline and a fabulous twist to end this explosive movie. Though the lack of action sequences may not appeal to all, the intelligent storyline and perfect dialogue hides this missing feature. An epic masterpiece that will remain a timeless classic!

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Posted jul 2, 2007 2:38 am pt

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Great dialogue as always from Tarantino, and Steve Buscemi is great in it as he is all his films. I really love the little names they have and how they squabble over them, and the scene with the ear is classic.

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Posted jun 21, 2007 6:03 am pt

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Tarentinos first movie is IMO the 2nd best movie that he`s made. The movie realy grabs you, in the beginning you don`t get mutch but in the end everything seems just right and the chocking ending is a realy nice touch. The movie is realy good and...
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Tarentinos first movie is IMO the 2nd best movie that he`s made. The movie realy grabs you, in the beginning you don`t get mutch but in the end everything seems just right and the chocking ending is a realy nice touch. The movie is realy good and should be watched by anyone.

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Posted may 11, 2007 5:57 am pt

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This is a good movie, but it's a lot of bark with hardly any bite. That hurts it a little. However good dialogue, and pretty good acting from a good cast make up for the lack of action. The story is also what I could say is original, but it's not;...
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This is a good movie, but it's a lot of bark with hardly any bite. That hurts it a little. However good dialogue, and pretty good acting from a good cast make up for the lack of action. The story is also what I could say is original, but it's not; it is told in an original way, which also helps grab your attention throughout the movie while keeping you guessing. A solid directional debut from Tarantino.

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Posted apr 23, 2007 8:04 am pt

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With Reservoir Dogs, Quentin grabs you and never lets you go for the entire duration of the movie. It's so captivating that even though I have seen it near 25 times, I MUST watch the whole thing in one sitting, (no breaks), once I start it.
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With Reservoir Dogs, Quentin grabs you and never lets you go for the entire duration of the movie. It's so captivating that even though I have seen it near 25 times, I MUST watch the whole thing in one sitting, (no breaks), once I start it.

If you like that non-linear format that Tarantino used you should check out one of the films that inspired him, Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing"

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Posted apr 18, 2007 10:17 pm pt

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what a great film it truly is a cult classic great cast and script takes you on a great ride as always mr tarantino can do although not his best movie dogs keeps you guessing till the end and never knowing whats around the corner and thats why i...
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what a great film it truly is a cult classic great cast and script takes you on a great ride as always mr tarantino can do although not his best movie dogs keeps you guessing till the end and never knowing whats around the corner and thats why i like it

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Posted apr 1, 2007 4:49 am pt

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-big part of the movie is just talking

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Posted mar 18, 2007 1:58 am pt

• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  100
  You may not like the terms Tarantino sets, but you have to admit he succeeds on them.

  by Ty Burr | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  100
  A brutal movie, brutal in all the right ways -- brutally stark, brutally funny, brutally brutal. [30 Oct 1992]

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  100
  Reservoir Dogs sizzles - it's dynamite on a short fuse, and you watch it with mesmerized fascination, simultaneously attracted and repelled by the explosion you know will come.

  by Rick Groen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  100
  If Quentin Tarantino's gritty, bone-chilling, powerfully violent new film, Reservoir Dogs, doesn't pin your ears back, nothing ever will...[It's] as caustic as battery acid. It's brutal, it's funny and you won't forget it. Guaranteed.

  by Hal Hinson | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  100
  Grabs you by the throat and digs its claws in deep. From the moment that the unwitting viewer tumbles into the realm of Lawrence Tierney's gang of eight, they are hopelessly trapped there until the final credits roll.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  100
  With the exception of the opening scene -- whose purpose is chiefly comic -- the movie is one, extended climax. Even with flashbacks and other time jumps, it never lets up. You have to go back to Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1952 "The Wages of Fear" to recall suspense this relentless.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  100
  The hippest crime flick this side of "Goodfellas," Reservoir Dogs has all the hallmarks of a modern classic.

  by Jeff Dawson | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  Though small in physical scope, Reservoir Dogs is immensely complicated in its structure, which for the most part works with breathtaking effect. [23 Oct 1992]

  by Vincent Canby | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  90
  An intense, bloody, in-your-face crime drama about a botched robbery and its aftermath, colorfully written in vulgar gangster vernacular and well played by a terrific cast.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  90
  The truth is that for all the controversy there really isn’t that much violence in Reservoir Dogs. The reason people were so affected was because the film shows you the true impact of its violence.

  by Brad Laidman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  90
  Most of the movie is Actors Acting: gifted guys (Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn) running nattering riffs on familiar lout themes. [16 Nov 1992]

  by Richard Corliss | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  88
  Too lingeringly creepy to ignore. [23 Oct 1992]

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  It's unclear whether this macho thriller does anything to improve the state of the world or our understanding of it, but it certainly sets off enough rockets to hold us and shake us for every one of its 99 minutes.

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New Republic
  
  80
  It's not the most violent picture ever; what film could aspire to that title? But it's so well made, the violence is so gratuitous, and the general reception has been so delighted, that attention must be paid. [23 Nov 1992]

  by Stanley Kauffmann | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film.com
  
  80
  All of it is vital and involving, and some of it is hilarious...I've rarely seen a group of people in a darkened theater react as viscerally as they do to Reservoir Dogs.

  by John Hartl | Read Full Review »