Likeable but Ultimately Trivial

Rating: 6/10 (5 February 2020)

I liked the movie since it covered a time and actors I am familiar with.. It was pleasant fun, especially to see Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate and Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen. Part of the reason this movie came out now was that it dovetailed on the 50 years of the Manson Murder "Anniversary" which yielded a horrid crop of movies last year. But the main character, Rick Dalton, played by Di Caprio , a fading alcoholic B movie cowboy actor, was unlikable and his travails were boring. But he lived next door to the Tate-Polanski house in LA. But his stunt double side kick and friend-gofer Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt, was great as he honed his laid-back tough-guy persona again.
But it had that Inglorious B***erds vibe where real history was altered to make our stars seem cool. Of course, Quentin showed he was great at nailing cowboy movie genre and inserting his actors in classic movies, like putting Rick in a real scene from "The Great Escape" in McQueen's place.
But ultimately, I felt ho-hum so-what at the end. It was all frosting,albeit good, but no cake.