Peter Bradshaw, from the Guardian, shows us his unique insight involving Kill Bill.

Kill Bill volume one stars Uma Thurman as the bride along with the masterful Quentin Tarantino as the writer and director. Coming off of the success of Jackie brown expectations for this film were high in late 2003 and Tarantino delivers again.         

            Before watching Kill Bill, I had seen almost every single movie that Tarantino had written and directed but for whatever reason I had been putting off watching this film. I thought with a name like Kill Bill it might be too goofy and have a studio feel to it and not the indie style that Quentin often brings. I was wrong. Kill Bill is a beautifully shot film with stunning performances all around coupled with clever writing and creative direction. Uma Thurman gives an Oscar worthy performance best shown when she wakes from a coma and is trying to get her toes to move and earlier in the film when she finds out she lost her baby and her husband is gone. Coupled with stellar acting the stunts in this film are brilliant such as the scene where Thurman’s character fights off dozens of people in a restaurant in a very choreographed and well edited scene. Where Kill Bill shines brightest is its directing. Told like a book with chapters every chapter has a different aesthetic technique used to tell the story. Some chapters feel like a spy thriller while others feel like a western, another chapter feels like romantic tale while other scenes are fully animated in an anime style flash back. The blood and violence in this film is vastly over the top and slightly campy but it only increases the fun of watching this film and toes the line between ridiculous and serious immaculately.

            Quentin Tarantino delivers another flawless film along with a flawless performance form Uma Thurman. I highly recommend this film to anyone who is a fan of Tarantino work or the art of film in general.