Quentin Tarantino Film Rating: Material for Kinopoisk

In the summer of 2026, the director’s cut of Quentin Tarantino’s cult film Kill Bill was released in Russian theaters. To accompany this event, Kinopoisk asked me to compile a rating of the director’s work. However, this time the usual format of «worst to best» was transformed into «good to genius.»

«One might say that everything forgettable has been stripped out of Pulp Fiction—only what truly resonates has been left. Savvy cinephiles are unlikely to credit Tarantino as the person who taught them to appreciate the beauty of cinematic fragments, but the fact remains: by recreating scenes and situations from European, Asian, Hollywood, and exploitation films, he immortalized his own pop version of an „image book”—and that book is called Pulp Fiction.“

«Tarantino himself called it a film of delayed impact—one that you will like more a month after watching it than immediately after seeing it. The images of Jackie Brown aren’t shocking; the action unfolds more slowly, and the characters lack cartoonish traits, inviting a more attentive engagement. The best scenes are entirely devoid of action. For instance, the morning in Jackie’s apartment where she brews coffee to The Delfonics playing for Max, the guarantor who came looking for the stolen revolver.»

The director’s continued popularity proved that «Bad Boys» shouldn’t have been discussed through comparisons; it is a remarkably self-contained debut where the most vibrant elements are authorial. For instance, the comical juxtaposition of extreme events and mundane conversations: the men who are about to commit an armed robbery spend five minutes debating whether they should leave a tip for the waitress beforehand.