A Great Tribute To Old School Hollywood

Rating: 8/10 (29 August 2019)

This is the long anticipated 9th film by the great Quentin Tarantino so this became a must watch to me and I really enjoyed this film even though I do think this is possibly the weakest Tarantino film that has been made. The premise of the film is set in the 1960's and sees an ageing actor and ageing stuntman go through the world of Hollywood and reignite their careers. Leonard Di Caprio hasn't been in a film for 4 years and he is back here and I tell you he has not missed a beat, he is absolutley amazing in this film. He is mesmarizing on screen and he is just a lot of fun to watch and shows new actors how to be a movie star. Brad Pitt plays his bestfriend and stuntman in the film and he is so cool in this film, their chemistry together is amazing to see especially when they are two of the best actors around and they truly show it on screen together. Their are a lot of fun cameos in the movie from actors who have been in previous Tarantino films which was unexpected and nice to see. Now I love Margot Robbie, she is a great actress but I thought her character was incredibly pointless and it felt like she was just shoehorned into this film so Tarantino could say that he had a female lead in this film. I would describe the story as an enjoyable mess, there are great moments and scenes but as a coherent story there isn't really much going on here, like 2 hours in I still wasn't sure what was the point in the film but the last 30 minutes are amazing and definitley saved the film for me. The script is great, the dialogue is typically Tarantino being quick and funny just like he is very good at and it takes this film and raises it another level. The style is a true homage to old Hollywood and it is interesting to see, however, this film really strides into gear when it goes full Tarantino and embraces theri directors vision. Overall I really enjoyed Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and if you are a fan of Tarantino you have to see this film.