Mediocre Movie

Rating: 5/10 (6 August 2019)

I'll be honest, I've never seen a Tarantino movie before. I am turned off by excessive violence, particularly for no purpose. But I decided to go see this one as I was told the violence was not as bad. My sister raved about the script, which I found so-so. The movie dragged in places and was not particularly clever The view of Hollywood in those days was very clichÃ©. They had the actors go to all the normal Hollywood watering holes, so that took no thought on the part of the writer. It was a bland story, and then when it went towards the end, I was horrified that we were trying to find humor when we knew what really happened at the end of that night. Yes, it was a fairytale and yes, Sharon Tate's sister okayed this movie, but I found it offensive for younger people as this will be their only reference of the Manson story. The Manson girls were portrayed as pretty and funny, not the ( possibly brainwashed ) sociopaths that they were.
My grades:
Script: C
Direction: B
Acting: A- *
*Note: Brad Pitt deserves a Oscar nomination. The acting was the only thing that saved this movie for me.