The safest thing one could say about "Django Unchained" is that it finds Quentin Tarantino hurtling over the top yet again by juxtaposing the horrors of slavery with an absurdist, horse-opera buffa plot that quotes from all sorts of movies, including his own, with special emphasis on spaghetti westerns.

WSJ: Joe Morgenstern Reviews Django Unchained and Promised Land