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(1 - 50) of 52 OFCS Rating: 87% Fresh Page   12   > Next B- "For those who want to witness a daring, albeit flawed, original freak show from two of Hollywood's elite directors that could turn the industry on its side, this is the only movie you'll need to see all year."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4.5/5 "Grindhouse...is a slam bam smash 'em up celebration of the freedom given film by the exploitation industry."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron "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   Brian Holcomb A "It's a heavily stylized, volatile, atomic sensory shockwave that is so hip and ice cool, you'll need to visit MySpace just to bring your overall awesome back down to a manageable level."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf A "The palpable cinematic elation and hip vibe that wafts from the screen is more than contagious; it's stupefying."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The ferocity of the car-fight is something else, but Death Proof understands perfectly the sheer and audacious pleasure of watching."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 5/5 "Your feature presentation: two movies made entirely of awesome."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 3/4 "...there's certainly no denying the effectiveness of Grindhouse as an overall experience (one that virtually demands a viewing within the context of as large and enthusiastic a crowd as possible)."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 5/5 "Tarantino and fellow sleaze merchant Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) attempt to recreate the experience of watching a double bill of craptastic 70's low-budget movies [but] they fail in one important respect -- both their films are just too damn good."   eFilmCritic.com   Dawn Taylor C- "As much fun as being in a car crash."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "For the one-of-a-kind experience all by itself, it is not to be missed. Narrowing in one's focus on the quality of what is offered, it is more of a mixed bag."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman A- "Gloriously grotesque, hilariously horrific and exactly the shot in the arm movies have been needing for far too long."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens B "As an exercise in aging-movie-geek nostalgia, Grindhouse is a bloody good time."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "Despite the occasional bump-'n-grind over its three-hour-plus running time, there haven't been two films released in 2007 yet more worth your dollar."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 4/4 "Thank you Tarantino, thank you Rodriguez, it was a pleasure..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. 3/4 "Enthralling and exhilarating in its explosive camp-driven excess, Grindhouse is a combustible concoction that shamelessly stimulates the senses."   TheWorldJournal.com   Frank Ochieng C "As was the case with most of the AIP exploitation programmers it fondly recalls, Grindhouse proves more entertaining to anticipate than actually to watch."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek B "As a glimpse into the minds of two iconoclastic directors -- both of whom came of age watching the films they now pay homage to -- this retro-electric trip is sheer bliss."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "Depending on your point-of-view, this is either a nostalgic stroll through a cheesy slice of American pop culture or an attempt to provide a tongue-in-cheek reinvigoration of it. Most likely, it's a little of both."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "a navel-gazing exercise in nostalgia for a bygone era when trash cinema had its own lurid pedigree and roster of auteurs"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 10/10 "It's the juxtaposition of Grindhouse's main parts that makes the whole work as well as it does."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 2/4 "Grindhouse is more homage than reinvention of schlock."   Slant Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 7/10 "Grindhouse is not your dear Aunt Martha's movie, but it's a heck of a ride."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "Raging at you harder than a televangelist on an overdose of Viagra, Grindhouse pulverizes the audience with a bombardment of hyper-violence, buxom babes, gnarly zombies, and enough exploitation to fill two movies."   Light Views   John Larsen "What amazed me however, was the unexpected feeling of feminine empowerment."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 3.0/4.0 "Glorious and gratuitous trash cinema at its most entertaining and critic-proof."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/5 "raised exploitation to an art form"   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr "I almost feel bad for Robert Rodriguez, insofar as he has the misfortune to make a generally entertaining feature only to have it eclipsed by some sublime genre work by Quentin Tarantino."   Pretentious Musings   Kevin Koehler 3.5/4 "It's too bad that Planet Terror isn't as great as Death Proof but hey, we're getting two flicks for the price of one, so we can't complain too much, right?"   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 3/4 "Does it feel like the real thing? No. Is it an incredible simulation? Yes, it's pretty incredible."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "The dragging, plodding pace and creative misfire of Tarantino's movie is enough to put a big damper on the sum total of the Rodriguez/Tarantino double feature experiment."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 4/10 "Rodriguez understood the project the better of the two directors and made the more appropriate of the two films. Tarantino appears to have gotten into making his film and then forgot what he was supposed to be doing."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3.5/4 "Underneath the exploitation, Tarantino and Rodriguez offer film lovers the gift of nostalgia"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[O]ne of the most exciting movie experiences in ages, one that demands to be seen on a big screen."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/4 "It's the way Rodriguez, Tarantino, and their guests recreate an experience for you that really makes this one of the most inventive, entertaining, and incessantly cool movies of recent years."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Their unabashed affection for the grindhouse genre keeps them from becoming arch, po-mo, or self-consciously ironic. This is a tribute, not a parody."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow "Rodriguez goes for full-blooded faithfulness, Tarantino goes for genre analysis and reconfiguration, and the results are, ultimately, about as coherent and fulfilling as a typical grindhouse double-feature."   Cinematical   Nick Schager 4/5 "[In Death Proof, Tarantino] gleefully subverts the genre to keep us thoroughly entertained."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3/5 "The trailers for grindhouse movies were always better than the films themselves. Sadly, the same is true of Grindhouse."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves "While I believe Tarantino to be a far greater artist when it comes to lining his cinematic and pop culture channelings with elements of profundity, Rodriguez is something of a master at to-the-point entertainment."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick B+ "It makes you believe in the power of guilty pleasures -- suggesting in its own fanboy way that even exploding zombies can be a form of art."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C "A waste of time."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 4.5/5 "This doozy of a double feature is full-bore fun all the way; a smart, slick, sick, and exceedingly over-the-top piece of old-school cinematic insanity."   FEARnet   Scott Weinberg 3/4 "Two stars for Planet Terror, three stars for Death Proof and four stars for the fake trailers means an average grade of three stars overall."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "3-D Naughtiness! Perverts in Revolt! Sinful Dwarfs! And Even a Movie Review, Why Not?"   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Shane Burridge "Love it or hate it, you sure get your money's worth."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "Hyper-sleazy and deliberately cliche-filled, it's an affectionate homage to the deliberately tawdry exploitation movies of the 1960s and '70s."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 10/10 "It is a movie about watching itself, and that is both solipsistic and pure genius."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 3/4 "Too bad Tarantino didn't do the zombie pic, too."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3.5/4 "An intriguing package of faux trailers and senseless violence. Rarely is there a film that is so unquestionably enjoyable. Might give the '70s grind house flicks a good name."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell  (1 - 50) of 52 OFCS Rating: 87% Fresh Page   12   > Next