QT8: The First Eight - Movie Reviews (2024)

Though the film is a little bit too long and its first part initially struggles to take off, QT8: The First Eight is still recommended to all cinema lovers, and not to be missed by the director’s fans.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 16, 2024

QT8: The First Eight is a serviceable, well-edited survey of Tarantino’s filmography prior to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood...

Full Review | Jun 5, 2023

I certainly find entertaining the way it reviews the first 21 years of the career of an extraordinary director who has already built a legend around his films. Full review in Spanish

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 30, 2022

Stunningly describing his creative blueprints and infectious personality, QT8 hits the mark when it comes to showing off Tarantino's special and highly influential career.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 5, 2020

A master class in Quentin Tarantino's films - minus the participation of the master himself.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 3, 2020

Tarantino's movies will be indelibly printed in our collective minds and his impact on pop culture cinema is nothing to be ignored. He has his share of fans and his share of haters and perhaps that's why he's such an enigmatic figure.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 31, 2019

If her approach is largely uncritical, I'm okay with that. If you enjoy Tarantino's work, it's an opportunity to go behind the scenes...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 30, 2019

Described as "an overzealous geek", Quentin Tarantino is such a singular filmmaker that it's unusually revealing to watch a documentary about him.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 16, 2019

[I]t still does a good job of exploring his films and cinematic preoccupations via interviews with many of his most prominent collaborators, if not, sadly, the man himself.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 12, 2019

For all the fun clips and well-placed interviewees, this Tarantino doc has all the critical punch of a DVD extra.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 9, 2019

QT8 is a brilliant documentary from Tara Wood about a filmmaker making original content in the age of franchises, remakes, and reboots.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 5, 2019

A loving tribute to a defining filmmaker of his generation that serves more as a celebration of his accomplishments than a critical dissection of the person.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 4, 2019

If you only want a kind of living scrapbook of Tarantino's first movies, you will find plenty to enjoy here. If, however, you want a film that has insight into its subject, that explores the controversies of his work with insight, QT8 will only frustrate.

Full Review | Dec 3, 2019

The interest for Wood is, without question, the films and the casting rather than a more personal look at how the director's sensibilities were formed.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 3, 2019

QT8 was refreshing, fun and had me hooked from beginning to end. Comparing that to the man it is talking about, I can't think of any higher praise than that.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2019

Tara Wood takes us on a voyage of discovery which we've already taken. QT8: The First Eight is a riveting celebration of Quentin Tarantino and his evolution as a filmmaker.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.5/10 | Nov 29, 2019

Bold, shameless and gratuitous, QT8 is a celebration of the filmmaker's creativity.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 29, 2019

Reality to [Tarantino] appears on paper as he visualizes a story, writes dialogue; maps each scene in his head then comes to the set fully prepared.

Full Review | Nov 25, 2019

I mean jeez, it's a two-hour documentary about Quentin Tarantino movies that never once mentions women's feet.

Full Review | Oct 24, 2019

With Tarantino apparently firm in his plans to make one more film after "Hollywood" and then retire from moviemaking, "QT8" is an entertaining and enthusiastic look back on where he's been.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2019