Enjoyable

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2019)

Former TV cowboy star Rick Dallton (Leonardo DiCaprio) needs to resurrect his career and to stop playing the heavies (bad guys) in movies. His stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) is a very good friend and supports Rick in whatever he decides to do.
You need to keep in mind that when a story starts with "Once Upon a time" that this is a fable, a tale and not something true. Got it? Good.
You know this is heading toward 1969 and you know the Sharon Tate murders happened at that time.
Rick eventually goes to Italy to do Spaghetti Westerns, and Cliff goes too. Cliff later goes to the George Spahn Ranch and finds the Charlie Manson Hippies have taken over the ranch where he used to do Western movies with Rick. Cliff needs to see George Spahn (Bruce Dern) to make sure he is not being taken advantage of.
We are not sure where this movie is going. It is nice to see DiCaprio and Pitt and wished there was more to the story for these A List Stars. But also keep in mind that the Director is Quentin Tarantino and there is a good possibility we will see a lot of violence.
Notables: Al Pacino as Marvin Schwarz, who wants Rick to break out of doing guest villain rolls in movies; Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen; Nicolas Hammond as Sam Wanamaker; Dakota Fanning as Squeaky Fromme, one of Charlie Manson's girls; Luke Perry as Wayne Maunder who stars in a western with Rick; Timothy Olyphant as James Stacey who plays a gunfighter in a movie with Rick; Rafal Zawierucha as Roman Polanski, a director Rick hopes to get close to; Margo Robbie as Sharon Tate who was a pure delight on the screen and she even went to a movie to see her performance in the movie The Wrecking Crew with Dean Martin; Austin Butler as Tex Watson, the number one male in charge of the hippies at the George Spahn ranch; Lena Dunham as Gypsy one of Charlie Manson's girls; Damon Herriman as Charlie Manson; and Margaret Qualley as Pussycat, who takes Cliff to the George Spahn ranch.
The scenes with Brandy (Cliff's dog) is terrifying so be prepared. The acting and cinematography were excellent.
This is an enjoyable movie, but we were still wary about where this movie was going. Well, we did find out, but still not sure why this movie was made. Maybe it was to show what should have happened in 1969. Who knows? Afterall it is a Once Upon a Time movie. You'll see. (7/10)
Violence: Yes.
Sex: No.
Nudity: No.
Humor: Brief at times.
Language: Yes.
Rating: B