Inglourious Basterds

August 2009

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Synopsis

In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as "the basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own.... Employing pulp and propaganda in equal measure, Quentin Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS weaves together infamous, oppressed, real and larger-than-life the stories of WWII.

Reviews

4.5

2,618 total

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4 599

3 144

2 48

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Tom Charity

Waltz will be unknown to most American audiences -- he was certainly unknown to me -- but he's nothing less than sensational as the silky, polyglot SS officer charged by the Fuhrer to root out the...

Laremy Legel

Like a bat to the head, it's not too subtle, but you can't help but watch.

Stephanie Zacharek

Quentin Tarantino seems to be hanging on to a lost world of moviemaking. He may be nuts. But he's a nut who cares.

Jonathan F. Richards

Its biggest flaw, though, for those who care about such things, may be its moral attitude. That might seem a stodgy thing to bring up in the context of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but it takes such...

Peter Rainer

Landa is such a wily and despicable concoction that, in movie terms, he's almost impossible not to like. And therein lies part of my problem with this movie.

Colin Covert

I'm tempted to say Tarantino has done it again, but I doubt anyone has ever done anything like his dazzlingly original World War II movie, Inglourious Basterds.

Critic reviews

Tom Charity

Waltz will be unknown to most American audiences -- he was certainly unknown to me -- but he's nothing less than sensational as the silky, polyglot SS officer charged by the Fuhrer to root out the...

Full Review

Laremy Legel

Like a bat to the head, it's not too subtle, but you can't help but watch.

Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek

Quentin Tarantino seems to be hanging on to a lost world of moviemaking. He may be nuts. But he's a nut who cares.

Full Review

Jonathan F. Richards

Its biggest flaw, though, for those who care about such things, may be its moral attitude. That might seem a stodgy thing to bring up in the context of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but it takes such...

Full Review

Peter Rainer

Landa is such a wily and despicable concoction that, in movie terms, he's almost impossible not to like. And therein lies part of my problem with this movie.

Full Review

Colin Covert

I'm tempted to say Tarantino has done it again, but I doubt anyone has ever done anything like his dazzlingly original World War II movie, Inglourious Basterds.

Full Review

User reviews

A Google User March 7, 2012

Complexity is Lost on Most Tarantino's masterpiece is one of many layers; for those who say "Basterds" lacks subtlety, I can only assume the intricacies of his grand design have gone undiscovered. At first blush "Basterds" may seem, a la "Kill Bill", a gory, fantastical revenge epic woven from the grainy strands of homage to spaghetti-western and exploitation films, which QT has now integrated into the war epic; and don't get me wrong, it is certainly, on one level, all of that. However, to this cinephilic endeavor QT brings a quality of writing, character, and plotting which surpasses "Pulp Fiction" or "Jackie Brown". In reading some negative critiques of the film from established critics, I noticed that their derision stemmed from that same unwillingness to look deeper into the text. For the average viewer to assume the film is undeserving of analysis is entirely forgivable, even expected; but for a critic or a film student (me), it just seemed lazy. One Israeli critic thought that "Basterds" was encouraging Jews to become the monsters they despise. In my opinion, QT has wrought the darkest desires of Hitler's victims on celluloid to say: "in revenge, still more can be lost." That's what film is for!

Iruna Advocate September 9, 2014

NAZIS DYING! LOVE IT! I AM THE ALL CAPS GUY. IF YOUU MANAGE TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS THEN YOU ARE A MORON. TO BELIEVE THAT SOME NAZIS STILL EXIST. BRINGS BANDAIDS TO MY HEARTJUICE. I HATE NAZIS AND LOVE THIS MOVIE. THE END (lol moron)

A Google User March 8, 2012

History... The way it should have gone down...NPFO!!! Jew bear!!! As for all the people who cant grasp the gore...dont listen to them...they are the same people who watched the passion and thought it was spectacular...maybe if tarentino would have added jesus getting whipped they would understand the visual pleasure any self-respecting nazi hating jew (which I am) or minority got from seeing nazi's exterminated...then again what do I know...schindlers list was art...this was gore...morons

Henry Hoffman April 17, 2013

A wild ride An awesomely satisfying comedy disguised as a war film. Classic Tarantino style. The dialogue is great and the ending is incredibly satisfying, however the plot is rather see-through

A Google User March 10, 2012

Awesome This is an awesome movie; enjoyed it thoroughly and awesome pricing! Just one complaint, but not of the movie itself (5 stars for sure), I want to be able to BUY movies on Google Play.

A Google User March 14, 2012

Dissapointing The movie drags on for the first hour. This is really a 90 min films they painfully dragged out to 2.5 hours. Electric guitar riffs; really? Constant flashbacks (what they think the audience is not smart enough to know what is going on?) and B rate acting

A Google User March 7, 2012

Greatest Tarantino flick yet! At 25 cents, this is an absolute steal for one of the greatest films ever made! I've seen this movie about ten times, and still discover new nuances to Tarantinos writing and directing that make it an even richer film. I have seen it on HD on a large home system, in the theater twice, and on during travel on a small device, and QT's cinematography and storytelling still come through in a visceral way. D/l it, and if you aren't hooked at the opening scene (you will be), what is 25 cents lost?

A Google User March 31, 2012

i enjoyed it - disagree with recent neg. reviews @Troy: i watched it in 1080p, definitely isn't "only [...] low quality 480". if you like Quentin Tarantino's work in general, you won't be disappointed. if you don't, then this isn't going to excite you. he has a certainly shock and awe method of story telling, which works best with certain types of stories - this is one of those stories.

A Google User March 18, 2012

I fell asleep. As others have mentioned this movie drags out horribly. The best parts was with Brad Pitt which unfortunately is very few.

Joel Wertzberger March 30, 2014

Great Movie, awful plot Really good acting but I would never recommend this fictional movie to anyone. Who wants to watch a movie where Hitler and Goebels be killed in a French theater? I mean you kinda wish it happened.. But to base it on WWII history? It's almost upsetting!

A Google User March 7, 2012

Amazing! One of the best WWII movie, and arguably the best Tarintino film! The "bar scene " is one of my favorite film moments EVER.

Krill Siluroid July 6, 2014

Surprisingly good. The SS Gestapo character throughout the story created constant tension and suspense and you get a satisfying twist of turn at the end. When the Gestapo SS dude offered the theater lady a glass of milk with her strudel, is one of the most subtle Oh crap moments in the movie.

a bellard September 5, 2014

Exceptional Mr waltz's acting is especially exceptional. All other actors were exceptional also. Very entertaining and very well thought out.

Clint Guthrie May 26, 2013

If you haven't seen this movie. You can't live a fulfilling life and die without first, being saved and committing your life to Jesus, and seeing all of this movie Six times through. And then praying for God's forgiveness because it's kinda life changing in a nasty way. Scalping Nazis nasty.

A Google User February 20, 2012

killing Nazis!!!! love this movie who's wouldn't want to kill a Nazi

A Google User March 7, 2012

Great movie Remove the comment from the racist douche bag.

Michael Erickson May 30, 2013

If you haven't witnessed this epic film Then I'd recommend that you get your brain checked. You've missed so many fine opportunities to learn about scalp massaging from one of the best teams in the planet!

A Google User March 10, 2012

Good Flick, Good Price Tarantino at his best. Google promotional pricing makes it a no brainer. Couldn't watch on my Android but enjoyed it on my laptop.

DERIK CLAYTON January 4, 2013

Great movie Most to all of these reviews are about user error related playback problems..

A Google User March 27, 2012

Holy. Crap. Probably Quentin's best work. I have seen this so many times. It blows my mind. The storyline is amazingly intense and compelling. I don't get how people don't like it.

Cast and credits

Actors	Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, MÌ©lanie Laurent, Eli Roth, BJ Novak
Producers	Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Erica Steinberg, Llyod Phillips, Lawrence Bender
Director	Quentin Tarantino
Writers	Quentin Tarantino

Additional information

Rotten tomatoes® score

88%

Audio language

English (Stereo)

Subtitles

English

Rental period

Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.

Info cards

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Run time

152 minutes

Rating

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