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Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz frees Django, and together they hunt the South's most-wanted criminals. Their travels take them to the infamous plantation of shady Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where Django's long-lost wife (Kerry Washington) is still a slave.

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Bold, bloody, and stylistically daring, Django Unchained is another incendiary masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino.

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Django Unchained (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Anne Thompson indieWire Tarantino designed this revisionist western to blow people's gaskets. Packed with physical comedy, bloody action and hell-bent revenge, it looks like a classic widescreen Sergio Leone western... Mar 31, 2020 Full Review Django Unchained (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Deborah Ross The Spectator A good film, and a crazily entertaining film, until Tarantino does blow everything up, at which point it just becomes rather silly. Sep 4, 2018 Full Review Django Unchained (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Roxane Gay BuzzFeed News The film is at times brilliant but mostly infuriating. It is a good movie in that masturbatory way most Tarantino films are good. May 25, 2018 Full Review Django Unchained (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Branyan Towe Loud and Clear Reviews Django Unchained is still one of Quentin Tarantino’s finest works to date thanks to an excellent, extremely memorable script and a brilliant cast Rated: 4/5 Jul 29, 2024 Full Review Django Unchained (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson By tackling a massive western, the writer and director continues to prove that he has never been short on ambition and gives us his grandest spectacle yet. Rated: 4/5 Apr 7, 2024 Full Review Django Unchained (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (6) John Brhel Vague Visages It might not be the most innovative in Tarantino’s oeuvre, but it’s got real stakes and memorable characters one can root for. Django is packed with Tarantino’s postmodern trademarks, but it also has the added value of actually addressing serious issues. Jun 5, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Matt LOVED IT! Never seen this before. You’re missing out if you don’t watch this. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Ricardo W Nadie sabe de venganza más que Quentin Tarantino, y sus aportes al cine contemporáneo son tantos que las expectativas crecen en cada film que entrega, e invariablemente supera esas expectativas. Y lo hace en grande. Django Unchained es toda exceso: excesiva violencia, excesiva retórica, excesiva truculencia y excesiva duración. Pero eso es exactamente lo que Tarantino hace: no hay motivo para utilizar una sola bala en matar a uno de "los malos" si puede detonarse todo un estudio, no es razonable acortar palabras cuando en la retórica está el sabor del film, no hay por qué simplificar la historia si las complicaciones son tan cinematográficamente ricas, y no importa el tiempo cuando el espectador está en éxtasis. Lo he dicho antes y lo volveré a repetir todas las veces que vea un film de Tarantino: cuadro por cuadro, todo está perfectamente diseñado para construir una película de culto. Increíble su habilidad para escribir escenas de profunda intensidad dramática, que van creciendo en tensión y provocando angustia en el espectador, que sabe que en cualquier momento se desatará algo grande. Cada vez la tensión es mayor. Cada vez el desenlace es mejor. Después de tantos westerns que fui forzado a ver en mi niñez, nunca pensé que vería uno voluntariamente, mucho menos que me gustaría tanto, y cuánta falta me hizo verlo con mi padre. Creo que él lo disfrutará tanto como yo o tal vez más. Un guión brillante y perfecto... Sin exageración: es perfecto. Actuaciones extraordinarias y sin desperdicio (ni Scorsese puede ofrecer un DiCaprio más intenso y mejor acabado). Nada que discutirle a este film, otro clásico al instante. Perfectamente puedo tomar mi comentario sobre su predecesora inmediata, Inglorious Basterds, para describir este film: "visualmente, el film es una maravilla. El manejo de los colores, la luz y las innumerables referencias de otras películas es simplemente fantástico. Secuencias, encuadres, tomas elaboradas... todo un trabajo minucioso que se convierte en festín visual para la audiencia. La violencia y la muerte no pueden ser retratadas de una manera más hermosa e implacable. No se trata de gore, es un deleite sangriento. Las actuaciones están en perfecta sintonía con la intención del director: oscilan entre el drama y la caricatura hasta lograr un balance perfecto, y vuelven a nacer esos personajes icónicos a los que Tarantino nos tiene acostumbrados. La banda sonora - otro de esos elementos determinantes en el cine de Tarantino - es colosal. Imposible imaginar el mismo film sin esa música".De principio a fin, este homenaje al spaghetti western es imperdible, una joya del séptimo arte. Toda la gloria para Tarantino no es suficiente. Hay que crear un nuevo pedestal. Él se lo merece. Y de verdad no quisiera ser yo quien le deba algo a este hombre, porque como dije al principio, nadie sabe de venganza más que él. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Audience Member Difficult to watch at times, but Jamie Foxx gives a vindicating and powerful performance. There are many funny moments that play against horrific events without feeling disrespectful. Samuel L. Jackson steals all of his scenes. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Audience Member This movie was actually one of my first Tarantino's I ever watched, I liked seeing his cameo in the movie!The casting is a 5 star one and I loved how they excelled in their characters Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review Monica H One of my favourite films. The imagery of this film is amazing. The acting, characters and story are/is incredible! I would highly recommend this film to anyone. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/01/24 Full Review Carrie F One of the best movies out there. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Quentin Tarantino Director Jamie Foxx Django Christoph Waltz Dr. King Schultz Leonardo DiCaprio Calvin Candie Samuel L. Jackson Stephen Kerry Washington Broomhilda von Shaft
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Synopsis Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz frees Django, and together they hunt the South's most-wanted criminals. Their travels take them to the infamous plantation of shady Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where Django's long-lost wife (Kerry Washington) is still a slave.

Director
Quentin Tarantino

Producer
Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone

Screenwriter
Quentin Tarantino

Distributor
Weinstein Co.

Production Co
A Band Apart

Rating
R (Language|A Vicious Fight|Some Nude Images|Strong Graphic Violence)

Genre
Western, Drama, Action

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 2012, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 24, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA)
$162.8M

Runtime
2h 45m
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