Not Tarantino's finest

Rating: 7/10 (27 February 2020)

What the worst thing you could say about a Tarantino film? That it's mediocre. And for me, this is where this one sits. I'm a big Tarantino fan, always enjoy his movies, even if I find it frustrating that his self-indulgence stops them from being truly great.
There's a lot of great things in this movie, it's full of style, good (though not great) performances, and usual sparkling conversation and writing one would expect of any Tarantino film. I was waiting for the pay-off in the second half of the film, and sadly it didn't really come - what's lacking here is a really carefully thought through plot line, where something actually happens.
The film takes another interesting 'alternative history' approach, such as in (the much superior) Inglorious Basterds, which could have been really interesting, but doesn't really do a lot with it. I suspect if you weren't at least somewhat familiar with the story of Sharon Tate the movie would make even less sense (and be even less interesting).
It's still better than 90% of the films released in 2019, but we expect so much more of QT, that it feels a bit of a letdown. So may of Tarantinos films I can watch again and again, I don't think this is one of them.