You'll either LOVE it or HATE IT. I LOVED it

Rating: 9/10 (13 September 2019)

If you're a child of the 60s, how could you NOT love this tribute to the special tinsel flavor of the time? QT captures the essence of all my young teen dreams. I especially adored the Playboy Mansion party scene where the people I wanted to be back then, gathered together in just the ways I imagined were so wonderful (and so sublimely ridiculous) and partied like it was 1969. This movie yanked me right back in history and the acting was phenomenal! There was tension, character (or lack thereof), a feeling of relief that my dreams never came true (although I've had that many times before) yet a delightful reminiscence and affectionate trip back to a fairy tale time in our culture. It would be hard for anybody who didn't grow up in that time to appreciate the genius QT used in constructing this movie so I expected it to be panned and disliked by the vast majority of movie goers. I was surprised to see so many 9s and 10s! The addition of the Manson crew lent a chilling reminder of how the times changed.