Self indulgence at it's finest!

Rating: 2/10 (30 July 2019)

This indulgence fest of a movie was like watching a whole bunch of Hollywood friends, get together for a circle jerk. Definitely on my "one of the worst movies I've ever seen" list. Gluttonous and self indulgent to the max. Seriously, did I need to see the dog food slide out of the can and plop into the bowl every time Brad Pitt's character fed his damn dog? Or watch every clip Leo's character, the actor, played? (Maybe that's why it was nearly three hours long. It was like watching this movie and then "Rick Dalton's" movies. A crappy BOGO deal. Where in the world was the editor? An hour could have been deleted from this film and it would still be about nothing! Ridiculously over acted by all of the leads (excluding Margot Robbie but she was mostly just used as a prop anyway) and all were 2 dimensional cliched characters (or shall I say caricatures?). My friend and I were tempted to walk out but stayed in hopes there was a pay off. There was absolutely none. In fact the ending was just all together stupid. But if you love Tarantino camp, gore and violence, you do at least get that pay off I guess. I did give this movie two stars because the costumes and sets were amazing (as you would expect with that big of a budget), I loved the soundtrack, and the two youngest female characters (Julia Butters & Margaret Qualley) were the best parts of the entire movie. If you want to waste three hours of your life, then go see this film. If you just want to be educated on current pop culture, save yourself the time and watch the excellent trailer. Rex Reed from the Observer says it best, "Rancid, preposterous and hysterically over the top in ideas and execution, "once upon a time" perfectly describes writer-director Quentin Tarantino's ninth film."
"The movie drags on like a turtle on valium, cramming in the period clichÃ©s like concession-stand popcorn."
"They all seem to be guests at some insider wrap party to which the audience is not invited."
*(random quotes from his review)