Runtime:161 Minutes
Post Credit:One mid credits
Plot-A faded TV actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles".
Starring-Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie
My Thoughts
Anyone who knows me will tell you I am a fan of Tarantino films. I really enjoyed The Hateful Eight
and was eagerly awaiting his next film. Once the plot details leaked and I found out this film would center around the year 1969 during the Manson/Tate Murders. That intrigued me even more. Now having seen the film, to my surprise it was more of Tarantino's point of view of how things could have gone down during that time. The acting was sublime Leonardo DiCaprio gave a fantastic performance (almost topping his performance in Django Unchained but not quite) his character had multiple layers to it that required variables in his delivery and acting style, and it was a delight to see, he stole the show for me. Brad Pitt did a solid job but I didn't find his character as layered or having the depth of DiCaprio's but he was still very good and his scene with Bruce lee was pretty funny. The only character from the main cast that i did not like was Margot Robbie as Slain actress Sharon Tate, I found her character annoying personally and this was probably intentional but I didn't t see her as nothing more than eye candy, which seems to be a theme with movies Margot Stars in, overall the cast did a great job and the usual cast of supporting actors in Tarantino's films are all there. The plot overall was solid and was enjoyable through the 2 hours and 40 minute run time, though there are parts of the story that slow down and can feel like they were not needed in the film. but overall the film had good pacing and some light humor mixed in to keep it from being too serious. What was refreshing to see in this film was that the unlike many Tarantino films it was riddled with gore and violence, i went in expecting that as many should but that was not the case and it was a nice change of pace. there wasn't much about the film i didn't like, the ending was shocking for me in the way that i didn't see it coming, for anyone who has done research on the murders in 1969, there is a particular way it played out and that was not the case here, it wasn't terrible by any means bu the surprising nature of it did catch me off guard.Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 84% saying "Thrillingly unrestrained yet solidly crafted, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood tempers Tarantino's provocative impulses with the clarity of a mature filmmaker's vision". I agree that the film is much different than most of Tarantino's work it was refreshing as i mentioned earlier and i welcomed a change of pace.
Rating
Superb Cast, Solid Plot and a shocking ending are ingredients for a very good film and one of the best I have seen this year 8.4/10!!
