Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino; it is based on a story by Tarantino and Roger Avary. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, it tells several stories of criminal Los Angeles. The film's title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue. Tarantino wrote "Pulp Fiction" in 1992 and 1993, incorporating scenes that Avary originally wrote for "True Romance" (1993). Its plot occurs out of chronological order.
Pulp Fiction U.S. reviewers. It holds a 94% score based on 79 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 9.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "One of the most influential films of the 1990s, "Pulp Fiction" is a delirious post-modern mix of neo-noir thrills, pitch-black humor, and pop-culture touchstones". It has an average score of 94/100 based on 24 reviews on Metacritic, signifying "universal acclaim". The response of major American film reviewers was widely favorable. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" described it as "so well-written in a scruffy, fanzine way that you want to rub noses in it –