The King is Naked

Rating: 4/10 (19 August 2019)

This movie is a snooze fest.
You have two of three good things about a movie, ergo excellent actors and good directing, but the third thing - the script is all over the place.
Let me ask you something.. what was this movie about? Is it about Charles Manson, is it about Rick Dalton, is it about the 60's way of an actor's life?
It has no drive, no real point.
Sharon Tate's character is just meaningless... you have pointless walking around with close to no lines at all in the whole movie. All that time you're waiting for some interaction between the protagonists and her character, which... basically never happens.
You have the scene with Manson... which is so out of place... with no backstory, no nothing.. if you have zero knowledge about the matter it's just some dude and that's it.
You have the Bruce Lee scene, which is just... I don't even have words to describe it. He's portrayed by the worst possible way (no idea why) and you have Tarantino defending the credibility of the scene by saying that Cliff is a war hero and he's a warrior. Really? Bruce Lee.. the MMA founder in a way... losing a fight to a regular Joe, even if he's military trained...
And the arrogance is just... a misunderstood confidence.
The hippie camp-ranch is the only scene in the movie, that provides any real wondering, suspense and actual care about a character in the film.
If that wasn't a Tarantino movie and it wasn't an glory-assembled cast... the score wouldn't be more than 6.0, but because no one want's to be the one to tell the truth... that the king is naked and this movie is more than mediocre.
I'd give it a lower score, but the acting in it is really good, which isn't something that can save this bunch of nonsense.