# Pulp Fiction (1994)

> A wildly nonlinear Los Angeles crime mosaic where hit men, gangsters, a mobster’s wife, and a boxer collide amid wit, violence, and uneasy possibilities of redemption.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/556

## Facts

- Runtime: 154 min
- Genres: Thriller, Crime, Comedy
- Director: Quentin Tarantino
- Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Eric Stoltz, Tim Roth
- TMDB rating: 8.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: witty, irreverent, menacing, late night cinephile viewing, crime movie marathon

## Synopsis

A darkly comedic journey through the underbelly of Los Angeles crime.

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- [GoodFellas (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/614)
- [Reservoir Dogs (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/394)
- [True Romance (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/272)
- [Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)](https://ember.film/movie/277399)
- [2 Days in the Valley (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/4591)
- [Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/315)
- [Killing Zoe (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/401)
- [The Big Hit (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/4636)

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