Self indulgence let loose

Rating: 7/10 (22 April 2020)

A loose, winding story of what could have been and the fleetingness of fake. It is a movie within a movie and so on. Even watching Rick
on screen both Clint and Rick seem to have trouble separating Rick from the character. He IS the cowboy. Brad Pitt plays the alter ego/ Jimmy Cricket to Dicaprio's fading star. He really doesn't have much to do nor does Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate. Dicaprio a Rick is very good knowing when to draw the line at camp and when to let it go. He gives him dimension- as much as so shallow a person can have. All in all, it's visually nice to look at with some good performances by many young actors - Margaret Qualley for one but its long and one must indulge Tarantino's many quirks. Lots of driving around. Okay but ultimately over hyped.