Pretty awful.

Rating: 3/10 (16 June 2020)

My teenage self is crying. This movie is terrible! I've been watching Tarantino movies lately, and I'm ashamed to admit it, half of it is unwatchable. And this movie is one of them. The only really good thing about it was the « twist », that would be really hard to keep secret these days, with strangers spoiling you everything on the internet. True Salma Hayek was gorgeous, and that dance... But most of the main cast was pretty bad. Tarantino, for starters, how more megalomaniac can you get? And George Clooney, who wasn't even good at being eye candy, let alone a believable bad boy. And had his fickle spotlight stolen during his scenes with Harvey Keitel, who was without a doubt, one of the upsides of the movie. Juliette Lewis and Kelly Preston did a good job too. And John Hawkes. Cameos at the pub weren't bad either. But it's the biggest problem with this film, once the twist happens, you know exactly what will happen, and who will survive. I didn't even finish rewatching. The special effects were too ridiculous and aged a lot. And before that you had the usual Tarantino style, with never ending chats, a certain stylish storytelling and the beginning of his foot fetish era. Which begs the question, is he simply overrated, and his vision too closed off? I think so, and it transpires too many times, in too many movies of his. This and the fact that, after trying this one again, I realized that only teenagers and young adults can appreciate most of his work. That's life...