Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino movie)

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This is a 1997 movie with:

Pam Grier (Jackie)
Robert DeNiro (Louis)
Samuel L. Jackson (Ordell)
Michael Keaton (Ray, ATF agent)
Robert Forster (Max, bail bondsman)
Bridget Fonda (surfer girl/druggie)

I've watched a few times on Netflix. Can't quite follow/figure out the switching of shopping bags full of money at the mall. Anyone explain it...step by step?

I think what might be confusing me is the dry run in the food court. The women switching bags under the tables. Then the actual caper took place in the dept. store fitting room.

In the food court during the dry run, there was Jackie, Sharonda (young southern girl), and lastly a third woman Simone who switched bags with Sharonda then walked away. Simone later disappeared, so Melanie replaced her.

Jackie made the switch in the fitting room so the ATF guy couldn't see what she was doing. She told ATF guy that Melanie didn't give her a bag....that was a lie.

Also, it later hit me that Jackie definitely wanted Ordell killed - not so much because she was afraid of him - but so he wouldn't reveal that his $500,000 was missing (not $50,000). Max took the bag of "beach towels" from the fitting room and later mailed it to Jackie....$500,000 minus his 10%. Max was Jackie's ace up her sleeve, and the cops never found out that she took $500k. It was also obvious Max was attracted to Jackie...she knew this, and felt she could trust him.

One small thing I thought was kinda 'off': Jackie rushed out of the fitting room to pay for her new outfit and told the sales clerk that someone left a bag of beach towels. Sales clerk was ditzy......didn't go get the bag, then few minutes later Max came and said his wife left a bag of beach towels in the fitting room, clerk told him to just go get it since fitting room was empty, and he did. Bingo. That was the bag with $500k. However, most sales clerks would have gone to get the bag and maybe even looked in it.

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[MarkinPhx]

Although I enjoy most of Tarantino's films (including Jackie Brown) I stopped trying to make sense of them long ago. I haven't watched this one in a few years and now you have me curious enough to watch it again. I'll let you know if I have any insight but doubt I'll have much .

 

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Although I enjoy most of Tarantino's films (including Jackie Brown) I stopped trying to make sense of them long ago. I haven't watched this one in a few years and now you have me curious enough to watch it again. I'll let you know if I have any insight but doubt I'll have much .

I think Tarantino's non-linear story lines confuse some people. friend of mine had trouble with "Pulp Fiction" until I pieced it together. But imo "Jackie Brown" wasn't hard to understand, per se. It was the 'caper' of switching those shopping bags that had me scratching my head. Sam Jackson is so good - the way he delivers lines is hilarious.

These are the only 2 QT movies I've seen.