Character-Driven Tarantino

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2019)

In many ways this film is typical but also atypical Tarantino. Nothing in the film is anything outside the realm of possibility for pre-Jackie Brown Tarantino but it's much different than his previous work. For one, the narrative is mostly linear or at least relatively linear. This compounded with the fact that the plot isn't as dense as his other work makes for a much easier story to follow. Some of the details do become a bit muddled but it isn't a serious problem. The film is defined by its characters moreso than its plot. The characters make the movie more engaging than the plot does, in my opinion. The characters are great. They're entertaining but it's not quite enough to carry the film up to the quality of its predecessors, for me.