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Reservoir Dogs

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Reservoir Dogs

R

Released Oct 23, 1992

1h 45m

Crime

Drama

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A group of thieves assemble to pull of the perfect diamond heist. It turns into a bloody ambush when one of the men turns out to be a police informer. As the group begins to question each other's guilt, the heightening tensions threaten to explode the situation before the police step in.

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Critics Consensus

Thrumming with intelligence and energy, Reservoir Dogs opens Quentin Tarantino's filmmaking career with hard-hitting style.

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Ella Taylor

L.A. Weekly

A fond genre move that's forever chortling up its sleeve at the puerile idiocy of the genre, a heist caper without a heist, an action movie that's hopelessly in love with talk and a poem to the sexiness of storytelling.

Jan 12, 2024

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Joe Pollack

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The story is as phony as the names the robbers take - Mr. White, Mr. Blue, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Pink and Mr. Brown - and it's also a hymn to violence, blood and sadism that reaches repulsive levels.

Oct 14, 2022

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

And while Tarantino never quite succeeds in putting around each character the sense of isolation that marks the best noirs, he carries off this exercise in lively fashion. It's more purple than noir, but it's got juice.

Apr 27, 2018

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Jack Walters

Loud and Clear Reviews

"Quentin Tarantino’s feature debut Reservoir Dogs is an astounding single-location thriller that makes the most of its all-star cast and refined script."

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 18, 2025

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

The film's biggest single problem is that the director learned so much from making it that he went on to keep making things that were better.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 13, 2025

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John Brhel

Vague Visages

Reservoir Dogs is an impressive debut that reflects Tarantino's unique, postmodern style and points towards things to come.

Jun 6, 2023

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Lorenzo C

Probably Tarantino's tightest film for anyone who hasn't seen it, it is a real must see shows the part of heists that we never really get to see in other movies 10 out of 10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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Audience Member

I didn't like it, it was very weird and a boring movie...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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santiago l

a film about a robery with no robery scenes in ir, only tarantino can make such beautiful thing like that

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/28/25

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seb f

The fact that Tarantino made this film with such a small budget is incredible the dialogue he wrote really is top tier.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/19/25

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Benyamin M

As Quentin Tarantino's first movie. Reservoir Dogs is an amazing crime gang movie with a tight but great script, great acting and editing all in one great movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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Johannes S

Tarantino's entrance to the film world is a solid short thriller. It's a dialogue heavy movie relying on the compelling acting, which pays off.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/10/25

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Synopsis

A group of thieves assemble to pull of the perfect diamond heist. It turns into a bloody ambush when one of the men turns out to be a police informer. As the group begins to question each other's guilt, the heightening tensions threaten to explode the situation before the police step in.

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Screenwriter: Roger Avary, Quentin Tarantino
Distributor: Artisan Entertainment, Miramax Films
Production Co: Live Entertainment, Dog Eat Dog Productions
Rating: R (Strong Violence|Language)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 23, 1992, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.5M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Dolby Stereo, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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