Well, the international press finally got to screen Tarantino’s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS at the Cannes Film Festival. It stinks a bit to read all their early brief reviews cause it won’t hit theaters here until August but curiosity took over and I just had to know what they thought about the Nazi-killing movie. Via Tarantino Archives and Slashfilm, here are some quotes out there from those who were lucky enough…
REVIEWS WITH LESS PRAISES…
Total Film’s Jonathan Dean : “Much of Basterds felt flat, with a schizophrenic spaghetti western style that blasts Ennio Morricone at the start and then David Bowie later on.” … “Enjoyable? Sure. But for 2 hours and 40 minutes it’s a big ask to keep brattishness exhilarating.”
Showbiz411: “a big sprawling entertainment that’s less violent than you’d expect and a tad more intellectual, too. … “Tarantino fans won’t be disappointed but they may be challenged”
Hollywood Reporter thinks it’s disappointing, check out the video Review.
REVIEWS FULL OF PRAISES..
Total Film’s Sam Ahurst: “Not only did I love every minute, if the French projectionist wanted to cue it up and roll it again from the start, I would have sat through the whole film again, with the biggest grin on my face. This is Quentin’s best film since Jackie Brown. It might even be his best film since Pulp Fiction.” “[Eli Roth is] the only weak link I could spot” … “Tarantino dialogue at its best”
Empire: “Rather brilliant. Every bit as idiosyncratic as the spelling of its title, it’s a wonderfully-acted movie that subverts expectation at every turn. And it may represent the most confident, audacious writing and directing of QT’s career.”
NO PRAISES FROM TWITTER..
TVCalling: Bottom line of Basterds: entertaining but nothing ground-breaking
Alison Willmore: INGLOURIOUS BASTARDS: Soooooooooooooooo Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch Taaaaaaaaaalkiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Hyams: INGLORIOUS BASTERDS: a light comedy about killing Nazis. My low expectations were met
PRAISES FROM TWITTER..
FirstShowing : Inglourious Basterds was frickin’ awesome! This is the WW2 movie we’ve all been waiting to see!!
BBCEntsTeam: Surely Tarantino’s best film since Pulp Fiction. Goody!! Brad Pitt is superb… It’s flabby in parts
obsessedwithfilm: Just came out of Cannes screening… Inglorious Basterds – Absolute F**CKING quality! “It gets a bit silly for ten minutes at the end and the brit characters are a bit shit”.
monggaard: [Strange] film, Inglourious Basterds. [In a good way]. Tarantino pulls no punches. Revenge, Jewish style.
gkilday: Basterds turns out it’s the grindhouse version of “Valkyrie”
