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Film criticism

In June 2020, Tarantino became an officially recognized critic on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes where his reviews are part of the "Tomatometer" rating. He has since published over 30 film reviews, including director essays, on his New Beverly Cinema website.

Tarantino reappraises films that go against the views of mainstream film criticism, for example, he considers the 1983 film Psycho II to be superior to the original 1960 film Psycho. He is also among a few notable directors, including Martin Scorsese and Edgar Wright, who appreciate Elaine May 's 1987 film Ishtar, despite its reputation as being a notorious box-office flop and one of the worst films ever made.

Tarantino praised Mel Gibson 's 2006 film Apocalypto, saying, "I think it's a masterpiece. It was perhaps the best film of that year." In 2009, he named Kinji Fukasaku 's violent action film Battle Royale as his favorite film released since he became a director in 1992. In 2020, Tarantino named David Fincher 's film The Social Network his favorite movie of the 2010s.

Films that Tarantino has commented on negatively include Alfred Hitchcock 's Frenzy where he remarked, "... might be a piece of crap, but I doubt Alfred was bored making it". He also disliked two Robert Altman films stating, " Brewster McCloud is the cinematic equivalent of a bird shitting on your head... and Quintet is just terrible, boring, and pointless". Regarding David Lynch 's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me he said, "... Lynch has disappeared so far up his own ass that I have no desire to see another David Lynch movie until I hear something different. And you know, I loved him. I loved him". Whilst not critical of the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Tarantino admitted he was unable to view the Mr. Creosote scene, "The only time I've ever had to look away, because I couldn't bear to watch, was... when that fat bastard keeps being sick."

In 2022, Tarantino stated that Steven Spielberg 's Jaws is "the greatest movie of all time. Maybe not the best film, but the best movie ever made". He commented further on Spielberg's Indiana Jones films, "I think my favourite Spielberg-directed movie, again with Jaws carved out on its own Mount Rushmore, is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom... He pushes the envelope, he creates PG-13; a movie so fucking badass it created a new level in the MPAA." He also favors The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull when compared to The Last Crusade.