“Quentin Tarantino's latest action/comedy/romance hybrid is by turns dazzling, daring, gruesome and astonishingly funny. Django Unchained is classic Tarantino. The dialogue is some of the wittiest of any screenplay in recent memory.
“This inventive, beautifully shot reimagining of history features Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave-turned-hero who teams up with offbeat dentist/bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. (Christoph Waltz). As the movie opens, Foxx is one of a group of chained slaves. Schultz buys Django and offers him his freedom in exchange for his assistance in tracking down a trio of murderous brothers. Django leads Schultz to his quarry — and Schultz suggests they become partners. But above all, Django wants to reunite with his beloved wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington). The pair's search leads them to a nasty Francophile named Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). The entire ensemble is first-rate.
“Tarantino has something serious to say about American culture, history and race. By graphically depicting the mistreatment of slaves, Tarantino drives home the ugliness of racism and, as in his Inglourious Basterds from 2009, offers an empowering alternate vision. The revisionist result is incendiary, thought-provoking and consistently entertaining.”
- Claudia Puig, USA Today
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