Drudge is calling this the 1st review of Kill Bill which its clearly not – though it is among the first from the major media. Here’s the skinny:

What surprised me most about Kill Bill, though, was Thurman. She’s had an iffy movie career, with some good stuff (Pulp Fiction, Dangerous Liaisons, Hysterical Blindness) and some famously bad stuff (Gattaca, The Avengers, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues).

In a way, she’s perfect Tarantino material — someone we think of as a star whose resume is littered with junk. Tarantino taps into that very insightfully. Kill Bill sort of marries these two ideas together for Thurman. Now she’ll be a star like never before. Her performance is just stunning, a really glorious piece of physical, witty exertion.

… these were the impressions I was left with after the screening: that it rocked, that the violence and spurting blood was cartoon-like fun, that Lucy Liu was the best she’s ever been.

Hey … I actually liked Gattaca!

Also, Tarantino has apparently told TV Movie magazine that there will be another long pause between between Kill Bill Volume 2 and his next movie – heavily rumored to be Inglorious Bastards.

Hollywood Reporter has also reviewed Kill Bill.