Another excellent outing from a true auteur...

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2019)

I loved this movie, and hope it gets nominated for Best Picture and Best Director. But...I don't think it's in my top three favorite Tarantino movies (which is a pretty high bar). The production design and art direction were perfect, as usual, as was the music and cinematography. But I thought the bromance between Rick and Cliff was underbaked and could have been explored more fruitfully. And not to give anything away, but it's much less violent than I was expecting and ends in a most cathartic manner. It's definitely worth seeing if you're a Tarantino fan, or just a fan of the laid-back sun-drenched California vibe of the late 60s, which is so lovingly and authentically rendered here.