I've never disliked a Leo DiCaprio movie.....Until now.

Rating: 4/10 (6 April 2020)

I had no idea what this movie was about other than the relationship between the main character and his stunt double and that is saying something.
Brad and Leo are great individually in terms of acting but their characters aren't developed enough to inform the viewer of why they are where they are etc and they are not seen enough together to appreciate any chemistry between the two and so I was left feeling very underwhelmed with the idea of their friendship as it just wasn't explained well. The leading actress has virtually no appearances in this other than once where she watches her own movie and another picking up a hitchhiker (snooze alert) won't spoil the ending. What was the point of her character? If anyone knows please do tell. Considering her face is on the front cover she was more like an extra than a lead.
Back to the plot of which there is none, this film left me incredibly bored. I loved pulp fiction, despite not being a fan of action films but I had to force myself to watch this. I didn't get reference to the Manson family which is probably in part due to my age, though I feel I still could have appreciated this film had it had a plot. It didn't. I loved the scenery and found that very clever how it was done. Unfortunately that's the only thing I can give this stars for. I'm 29 and my other half is 47 so we balance each other out from a bias point of view. We watched this movie together and both came away from it feeling very confused and disappointed.
This is the kind of movie you could have in the background when washing up or something. If you're intending on having a proper movie night pick something else or risk 3 hours of boredom at your own peril. It's packed with unnecessary scenes and clips of of old movies that you're not going to appreciate if you haven't seen any of them. Couldn't wait for it to end.