Glacial

Rating: 4/10 (16 September 2019)

I think Quentin has finally managed to disappear up his own backside. His self indulgence (whilst merely overbearing in 'The Hateful Eight') is total in this seemingly never ending meander through Hollywood's 'Golden' Age..
The performances are superb - Pitt, DiCaprio and Robbie are all so very watchable and drag the rating up to 4 stars (one for each actor and one for the scene where Pitt beats up Bruce Lee). But the movie itself consists of, well, nothing. Nothing at all. The story of a fading actor and his side-kick is just not interesting. Sharon Tate flits around charmingly for no reason at all (as it turns out). The Manson Family come across more as an angry girl guide troop than the terrifying menace they actually were.
It's slow, slow, slow all the way without the slightest bit of suspense as we are subjected to scene after scene of people driving around whilst listening to the radio and inane movies within movies.
The diabolical murder of Sharon Tate and her friends is a crime so awful and a piece of American history so upsetting that to mess with the narrative is both insulting and pointless. How can one look for laughs in the shadow of Cielo Drive in 1969? Wow! They went to the house next door instead. Hilarious!
Where has it all gone wrong Quentin? What a disappointment.