Quentin Tarantino's vision of 1969 Hollywood feels authentic and alive, with a lot of that electricity running through leads Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, plus an inspired, understated performance by Margot Robbie.
Brian TruittQuentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” fulfills the promise of its title as a throwback fairy tale with two fictional showbiz buddies that just so happens to coincide with one of the most infamous killing spreesThe iconoclastic writer/director’s stamp is all over his ninth film , Tarantino's signature style and humor melding with violence, a little melancholy and thought-provoking character drama.
Cliff is a weathered, carefree dude who lives on the outskirts of town with his pit bull Brandy, though he spends a lot of time at his best pal’s snazzy Hollywood Hills estate. Rick’s next-door neighbor is Sharon, whose celebrity is rising as his is teetering downward, and she races in sports cars with her director husband Roman Polanski and parties with the Mamas and the Papas, flitting through the good life.
Tate, Manson and the family’s stories ultimately do sync up with Rick and Cliff’s, and fiery mayhem ensues in a third act that fully embraces being a Tarantino film. The differences are so striking between that and the exploratory meandering in the first part that they almost feel like two different movies, though at least the main characters’ arcs all feel earned by the end.
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