Very good idea

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 2020)

As someone who has read everything I could ever get my hands on about the Manson family, and to this day believe that Tex & Sadie were the real criminals in the so-called Manson killings, there is a lot to like with this movie.
If I were related to Sharon Tate, this movie would depress the crap out of me as a "might have been," proving that creating your own reality is the greatest value of movies.
Nitpicks? Too many feet, knowing Tarantino's fetish makes that worse somehow. Lynn Fromme's voice was all wrong - should have been more airy, like a child's voice. Tex looked like a wimp. And an awful lot of filler. We need the Pacino arc at all. Way too many full scenes from tv shows and movies. Could've easily been 2 hours or even 90 minutes.
That said, I love the Cliff/Dalton buddy angle, the dog, the cathartic ending, Margot Robbie, Jay Sebring, the cinematography, the music, and the Bruce Lee scene was fantastic!
It's well worth watching. Loved it really.