A journey into 60's Hollywood era

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 2020)

Quentin Tarantino delivers once again a good movie, even if it is not for sure the best one. I still think that "Pulp Fiction" and "Django" are unbeatable (for now), from every point of view, but this is just my personal taste.
I have enjoyed this change of style, but I can understand that hardcore Tarantino fans are disappointed by its last job. Personally I was expecting too more violence as in "Inglourious Basterds" or "Reservoir Dogs", but I didn't mind at all the change in storytelling. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is a journey throughout the 60's Hollywood era. Tarantino decided to use the radio car to deep dive on those years, we always listen to some famous songs from the 60's, we always watch some small pieces of movies and TV series of the time, locations feel authentic, cars are beautiful and clothes are accurate. A director should also be able to change itself, and in my opinion Tarantino did good
There is a good chemistry between Dicaprio and Pitt. Their relationship is very important and will evolve. Characters are in general very interesting and there are many big names involved such as Al Pacino and Margot Robbie. There are beautifully conceived scenes and I really liked to see Dicaprio portraying Bronco, it was funny and different.
In my opinion to fully appreciate the movie, you need to do some researches on the 60's and especially trying to dig a little bit on the Manson family facts and researching what really happened that fatal night.
I really enjoyed the movie and I strongly recommend it.