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Django Unchained (18)

Django Unchained (18)

Action, Drama, Western

With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

More information on this production is available at www.djangounchained.co.uk.

The critical consensus

Quentin Tarantino's brutal revenge western is a thrilling return to form with inspired performances from Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Samuel L Jackson.

*****Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 12/12/2012

What a pity Tarantino is so busy booking cameos from old spaghetti stars and tipping his Stetson to schlock that he never unchains his most promising brainwave.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 13/01/2013

After the fanciful misfire that was his WWII fantasy Inglourious Basterds, this feels like Tarantino right in his wheelhouse.

****(*)James Mottram, The List, 14/01/2013

The narrative unravels excitingly with unexpected twists combined with Tarantino’s flair for engaging dialogue and understated humour.

****(*)Callum Madge, TVBomb, 14/01/2013

Though the story, performances and style work a treat, it is humour that makes Django Unchained the best Tarantino in years.

****(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 17/01/2013

Tarantino can do many things, but editing is not his forte. He doesn't know what to leave out, and after a gripping first hour the film loses itself in detours and sidesteps.

**(*)(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 17/01/2013

An arresting, both barrels blazing return to form.

****(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 18/01/2013

It’s a big, crazy, hugely entertaining, multilayered piece of filmmaking – a fierce but fiercely intelligent testament to Tarantino’s frequently questioned filmmaking proclivities and certainly among the best films he’s made.

*****Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 17/01/2013

Quentin Tarantino makes a dizzy return to form with a horribly funny slavery western – and Samuel L Jackson is extraordinary as the ultimate Uncle Tom.

*****Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 18/01/2013

As in all of Tarantino’s best films, there is a strange and brilliant magic at work here; a dark, bubbling alchemy of art and junk.

*****Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 17/01/2013

Not a masterpiece, but a funny, violent, very entertaining crowdpleaser.

****(*)Jonathan Crocker, Little White Lies, 17/01/2013

Another strong, sparky and bloody entry in the QT canon. Although, creaking under its running time, it’s not quite as uproariously entertaining as his last pseudo-historical adventure, Inglourious Basterds.

****(*)Dan Jolin, Empire Online, 18/01/2013

As usual with Tarantino, Django has style and invention aplenty, and as usual, some of it drags, doggedly reluctant to cut to the chase.

***(*)(*)Jonathan Romney, The Independent on Sunday, 20/01/2013

Django Unchained is a long, powerful film, its dramatic brush strokes broad and colourful, its psychological points made with considerable subtlety and wit.

Philip French, The Observer, 20/01/2013

A close cousin of sorts to Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained sees great set pieces, flashes of brilliance and another great performance by Christoph Waltz undermined by indulgent tendencies.

***(*)(*)Stephen Carty, Flix Capacitor, 17/01/2013


Features about Django Unchained (18)

Quentin Tarantino: my inspiration for Django Unchained

Gavin Edwards, The Observer, 30/12/2012

Django Unchained: is its portrayal of slavery too flippant?

Candace Allen, The Guardian, 10/01/2013

Is Quentin Tarantino the world's most influential director?

Phil Hoad, The Guardian, 15/01/2013

Quentin Tarantino rides to glory with Django Unchained

Philip Horne, The Telegraph, 18/01/2013

Django Unchained and the racist science of phrenology

James Poskett, The Guardian, 05/02/2013

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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