An Entertaining Love Story

Rating: 9/10 (13 September 2005)

True Romance (Tarantino's first script put to film) is a highly entertaining love story. It centers around two characters named Clarence and Alabama who fall in love on their first meeting. The catch is this, Alabama is a call girl hired to have sex with Clarence on his birthday. Of course, she falls in love with him and Clarence returns her feelings. Trouble with this scenario is that Alabama still has a pimp that wants her back to business. Clarence decides he needs to do something about it, like kill him. When he goes to retrieve her lugauge, he accidentally gets a suitcase full of cocaine that he decides he needs to sell. All hell breaks lose from this point on due to the fact that the owner of the cocaine would like it back.
Tarantino writes a winner. The story is fast paced and keeps the viewer tuned in. A lot of good lines are found in the script. Most importantly however, the viewer is not left scratching his head at the end. It ties together well.
True Romance has an all-star cast with stand out performances by Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, and Bronson Pinchot. If your a movie goer that sees movies for performances, True Romance is perfect for you.
Enjoy! 9/10