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Pam Grier's acting ruined the entire movie

posted 9 years ago by wesamabukhaled24
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Goddamn she sucks. Not even an ok performance, it was awful from start to finish. Her on screen presence is *beep* irritating. She singlehandedly ruined a classic.

[–] Stratego (29413) 6 years ago

I think this is one of Tarantino's best movies, but yeah, Pam Grier is not a very good actress.

[–] bigbadwolf666 (4707) 6 years ago

I think so too. Tarantino has made a lot of bad ones but this one is one I think of when I think of his quality work.

I think Pam Grier is a good actress and very hot and I liked her in this role.

Say what you want. I dont see many women pulling her roles off.

[–] Indiscipline (711) 5 years ago

Just watched it again and you're still wrong in 2019.

[–] modica (4169) 5 years ago

Grier was great in this movie. My favorite Tarantino film by far.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 5 years ago

She was wooden, and the movie was wasaaaasaaaaay too long, a real snoozefest because it was so badly edited. Then, too, I was never interested in the Blacksploitation movement. I’ll never watch this thing again; but, if you enjoy it, more power to you.

[–] looper007 (1134) 5 years ago

Really??? Pam, Robert Forester and Sam L. Jackson were the best things in this film. The film fails if she isn't great and thank god it doesnt cause it's actually behind Pulp Fiction as my favorite Tarantino film. It's his most mature work, and I don't understand why it doesn't get the love like his other films do.

[–] modica (4169) 5 years ago

She was great. Probably Tarantino's best movie and a lot of it was because of Grier.

[–] Stratego (29413) 5 years ago

She was a little weak near the end during the scene at the mall and the aftermath, but otherwise I had no problem with her performance. She did do an irritating thing with her mouth the whole movie through, though.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 5 years ago

I like her but I do recall thinking that she seemed off quite a bit when I saw this in the theater so many moons ago (and only once ever. Even though I liked the movie)