Quentin Finally Gets it Right!

Rating: 9/10 (21 August 2019)

Tarantino finally gets a specific genre in film cinema correct! Once Upon a Time in Hollywoood hits the mood of life in '69 perfectly, the ambiance is spot on. Quentin pays homage perfectly to Sergio Leone films, Steve McQueen (as Bounty Law is based off of McQueen's 'Wanted: Dead or Alive' series), and to actors in that specific genre i.e. Harrey Carey jr., Warren Oates, etc. But Quentin also shows the actor incarnate in Dicaprio's Rick Dalton. How it is to have success and then to have it slip through your fingers, as every successful actor goes through it. Dicaprio nails it perfectly showing how sensitive and fragile all actors can be. Pitt's Cliff Booth is a dream role for Pitt as Booth is a little off, but super fun and very cool. Margot Robbie is fantastic as Sharon Tate.
Also, Quentin does certain filming in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood that mirrors Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America. And as Quentin pays homage to Leone and those Westerns, Quentin also pokes fun at them as well, like how a good friend will bring you up, but also bust your chops.
An overall brilliant composition of that film genre and time period, leading to a no holds barred ending in which we all would have preferred. This film is brilliantly written and absolutely hilarious, Quentin's funniest film to date (in close 2nd, 3rd, and 4th - Four Rooms, Pulp Fiction, and True Romance).
This is truly Tarantino's Opus and it will be nominated for many academy awards come Oscar season. Tarantino nailed it!