Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Reservoir Dogs rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.3/10· 1.2M votes

Rotten Tomatoes90%

Metacritic81%

TMDb8.114/10· 15K votes

With 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.3/10 on IMDb and 81/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Reservoir Dogs

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

Cast of Reservoir Dogs

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  Harvey Keitel

  as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick

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  Tim Roth

  as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke

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  Michael Madsen

  as Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega

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  Chris Penn

  as "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot

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  Steve Buscemi

  as Mr. Pink

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  Lawrence Tierney

  as Joe Cabot

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  Randy Brooks

  as Detective Holdaway

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  Kirk Baltz

  as Officer Marvin Nash

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  Edward Bunker

  as Mr. Blue

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  Quentin Tarantino

  as Mr. Brown

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  Rich Turner

  as Sheriff #1

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  David Steen

  as Sheriff #2

Reservoir Dogs facts

Budget

$1.2M

Box office

$2.9M

Our take on Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Tarantino's 1992 debut takes a jewelry heist and shows almost none of it, focusing instead on the tense aftermath in a warehouse where the surviving thieves suspect one of them is a police informant. Known only by color-coded aliases, the crew — level-headed Mr. White, wounded Mr. Orange, volatile Mr. Blonde, whining Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie — turn on each other as suspicion and violence spiral. Talky, contained and brutal in bursts, it announces the director's love of loops, banter and sudden cruelty. A strong pick for fans of dialogue-heavy crime films that thrive on paranoia rather than spectacle.