It's a good film, but good is a low bar for Tarantino.
I would rate this his worst film, behind Deathproof.
Usually he creates real tension through dialogue in his films, but that means the script has to be really solid. Unfortunately, this one lacks that magic polish.
Which one would you rate as his weakest?
No, that would be Kill Bill.
I've seen all of QT's films and I liked all of them, except Kill Bill, which I didn't like, and Kill Bill 2, which I didn't even bother watching.
I haven't seen this yet, but it would have to be pretty bad to be worse than Death Proof. Frankly, I don't think that is possible. 2 hours of footage of cats using a litter box would be more entertaining than Death Proof.
shareThis is my least favourite Tarantino, but it's not because of the script. I consider the script to be one of his tightest, to be honest, and the film succeeds on almost every artistic and every technical level.
The only failing it has, in my opinion is that the message of the film seems to be, "Look at these awful people. Aren't they hateful? Yes? Good. Let's hate them together and wallow in this nihilistic schadenfreude." It feels like the cheap thrill people get out of watching something like Jerry Springer: superiority over fools, vicarious filth, the kind of vileness that made the Colosseum popular in Rome.
With a bit more of a message, a ray of something deeper, or the sense that I wasn't just bathing in vice, I'd love this film.
In my opinion, Death Proof is a far weaker film (AMAZING car chase though it may have...)