The Best Uma Thurman Movies
Although she will be immortalized as "Quentin Tarantino's main muse", Uma Thurman's acting talent is much broader. She is distinguished not only by her skill but also by her versatility: her filmography includes science fiction, romantic comedies, crime thrillers, and dramas. Some of her movies even inspired the creation of games at the real money online casino Canada and clothes designers. Here are her top roles.
Kill Bill
For many years, the girl with the call sign Black Mamba was a member of an assassination squad led by her lover Bill. Mamba is the best, but she suddenly decides to quit crime and escapes to Texas, where she receives a marriage proposal. But happiness doesn't last long, and on the day of the wedding rehearsal, Bill kills the groom and shoots the girl. When the heroine wakes up from her coma four years later, her main driving force is revenge against Bill and all his accomplices.
Borrowing elements from all genres of cinema, Tarantino has created a well-crafted, subtle and intriguing masterpiece about a woman who seeks revenge with unwavering determination. Clad in yellow jumpsuits and Onitsuka Tiger sneakers, Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo went down in cinematic history as one of the deadliest and most complex female characters. It seems to be the best female role any actress could dream of, from losing everything to being able to destroy an entire yakuza clan. Be warned: after watching it, you'll have a strong desire to drop everything and go to Osaka to get your own katana.
The House That Jack Built
The creativity of ambitious architect Jack is unexpectedly revealed in the art of killing people. The entire movie is his tale of carefully planned murders, each of which he treats as a sophisticated work of art.
"The House That Jack Built" is Lars von Trier's acclaimed movie, with which he made his triumphant return to Cannes after a long hiatus. Thurman appears in one of the most memorable parts of the movie. And despite her small role, many viewers remembered her appearance on screen. The actress so believably played a cheeky, unmoving lady that she probably made everyone who watched the picture want to kill her. Despite mixed reviews from critics and the brutality of the thriller as a whole, "The House That Jack Built" is one of the best movies of the XXI century, so it definitely takes its place in Thurman's filmography.
Pulp Fiction
Two gangsters, Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega, rob people, carry out bloody tasks for their boss, and have philosophical conversations in between showdowns. Three stories unfold with a non-linear narrative structure, but the main thing in the film is the series of mishaps that haunt the characters.
Mia Wallace is one of the most recognizable characters in the history of cinema. It would seem that there is nothing special about Mia's appearance - a geometric short haircut, a pair of simple black
pants and a snow-white button-down shirt. It's something everyone has worn to school or work at least once. And yet, when Uma Thurman appeared in this outfit on the big screen, she instantly became one of the most iconic characters in modern cinema, causing hundreds of thousands of women around the world to dye their hair, cut off their straight bangs and drink only milkshakes.
Hysterical Blindness
Debbie, now in her 30s, worries about being single. In an effort to establish a personal life, she spends every evening with her best friend Beth at Ollie's Bar looking for the right partner. Despite how important it is for the girls to find their soulmate, they have long agreed that no man should interfere with their friendship. But everything seems to go wrong when Rick walks into the bar one night and Debbie realizes he's the one.
At first glance, it may seem like an average movie with an average plot. Indeed, who would want to watch a girl loser stuck in an ordinary town, with an ordinary job and an ordinary life? But in an unfathomable way, the film manages, without getting too sentimental and without any clichés, to instantly draw the audience in and fall in love with each of the characters. Thurman and Lewis play so well that you don't see the actresses, just two small-town girlfriends determined to talk about their messy lives. Uma deservedly won a Golden Globe for this role. Her acting is so good that at one point we are surprised to realize we are in our own home and not at Ollie's Bar watching Debbie's tantalizing dancing.