Once Upon a Time...

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2019)

Oh Tarentino, just when I think I have you all figured out you go and make a film like this and completely surprise me. The sharp, clever dialogue, the fun twist on history and the gorgeous cinematography were all present but gone was the hyper violence and even the overblown profanity felt somehow tempered in this wonderful love letter to the old days of Hollywood.
As one might expect from a Tarantino movie, it doesn't quite follow a typically chronological plot structure but he manages to weave things together excellently. In each scene of this meandering story, the actors play their roles to perfection with no noticeable performances bringing things down and it's the performances that carry this through because there isn't a standard plot to this one.
This is the kind of film that demands to be mulled over, to really chew on it and then see it again and again. What more could anyone ask for?