Reservoir Dogs
User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 220 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 209 out of 220
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 220
  3. Negative: 7 out of 220

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  1. SamS.
    Nov 29, 2009
    2
    How does Joe's son die? No one shoots him.
  2. YouliJ.
    Jun 23, 2004
    0
    Pointless violence from a high school drop out.
  3. thesantanafan
    Jan 29, 2011
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It had no real point to it. Just another movie about a job gone wrong where everybody dies. The dialogue was one of the least impressive things about it... It was awkward and unconvincing, despite being acted by decent actors. I couldn't see the film as an unfolding story, I could only see it as Tarantino's writing. I think that seeing dudes screaming and covered in blood was supposed to cloud people's judgement with shock. The fact that the actors were good made everybody assume that the rest of the movie was good. I am an empathetic person who doesn't like violence, but even I couldn't see this as "brutal". All I saw were actors with red crap on them making hurting noises. I didn't buy it.

    I loved Pulp Fiction, and I had high hopes for this movie, and I was very disapointed. Upon seeing the credits roll, I said one thing out loud:
    "That was retarded."

    Maybe I'm not 'getting' the movie, maybe I need to see it again, but for the time being I'm giving it a thumbs down.    … Expand

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Metascore
78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    100
    You may not like the terms Tarantino sets, but you have to admit he succeeds on them.
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  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Brad Laidman
    90
    The truth is that for all the controversy there really isn’t that much violence in Reservoir Dogs. The reason people were so affected was because the film shows you the true impact of its violence.
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  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    90
    Most of the movie is Actors Acting: gifted guys (Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn) running nattering riffs on familiar lout themes. [16 Nov 1992]
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