What Critics Are Saying: The majority of critics have praised Quentin Tarantino's shoot 'em up Western about a freed slave turned bounty hunter. The Los Angeles Times called "Django Unchained" Tarantino's "most articulate, intriguing, provoking, appalling, hilarious, exhilarating, scathing and downright entertaining film yet." But some have lamented its length (nearly three hours) and raucousness. "It is a tribute to the spaghetti Western, cooked al dente, then cooked a while more, and finally sauced to death," The New Yorker said.
What the Cast and Crew Are Saying: The film has come under fire for its gleeful violence and general un-PC-ness -- the N-word factors heavily into nearly every scene. When Spike Lee called for a boycott of the film, Jamie Foxx, who stars as Django, stepped up to Tarantino's defense. "'He's making entertainment," Foxx told the L.A. Times. "Hopefully, it makes you go ask questions and you Google it." He also said "Django" isn't meant to be a history lesson: "If you want to learn something from a movie, go watch a documentary."
What you need to know: With five Golden Globe nominations, "Django's" likely to earn some Oscar love as well. Tarantino's last film, "Inglourious Basterds," scored eight Oscar nominations and one award -- best supporting actor for Christoph Waltz, who's also a main character in "Django." But it's interesting that "Django" was snubbed by the SAG Awards, whose nominees usually overlap with the people up for Oscars.
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