Quentin Tarantino’s second feature film earned him awards and numerous imitators. Tonight on TV you can see for yourself whether Pulp Fiction lives up to its reputation.
TV tip: This is what Quentin Tarantino’s classic is about
Pulp Fiction tells the story of bizarre characters in the Los Angeles crime scene in three episodes. A gangster couple plans a robbery, a hitman dances with his boss’s wife and a boxer wants to make off with his girlfriend and a bunch of money. They are told Stories but not in chronological orderwhich is why characters can reappear even after they die.
The cast includes John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis and of course Tarantino himself. They embody some of the most iconic characters that have ever come from Tarantino’s pen.
Over 60,000 film fans have rated Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction was rated on Moviepilot by 63,457 registered users, with one Average grade of 8.4484 points. Interestingly, Django Unchained, which is less well regarded by critics, achieved a very good 8.3962 points, but “only” with around 45,500 votes. By the way, the most frequently rated Tarantino film in our database is Inglourious Basterds with over 70,000 ratings and 7.8 points.
Also in the rest of the world Pulp Fiction is considered a canonized Tarantino classicr. The film won the Palme d’Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and cemented Tarantino’s status as one of US cinema’s exciting new directors. It was the only Tarantino work to land on the Sight and Sound list best films of all time from 2022 and also appears in numerous best lists from the American Film Institute, for example. Pulp Fiction became the focal point of academic discourses on postmodern art and the blueprint for other gangster films thanks to its original narrative and dialogue.
This is how you can watch and stream Pulp Fiction on TV
The Tarantino classic is coming today, December 25th from 10:40 p.m. on Voxthe repeat follows on December 27th from 10:50 p.m.
Alternatively, the film is streaming in the Paramount+ and Magenta TV catalogs as well as in the purchase and rental versions.
This TV tip was first published in a similar form on Moviepilot in December 2023.