Incredibly Generic Story, With A Touch of Tarantino Dialogue

Rating: 5/10 (14 August 2018)

I just got around to watching this film for the first time, and all I can say is that I feel like I'm missing something. I get that tastes are subjective, but all the reviews on here calling this Tarantino's "best script" are just flat-out wrong. I'd heard that there were parallels between True Romance and Natural Born Killers, and I picked up on some of them at certain points. While they are both indeed 90s-flavored road movies about a newlywed couple on the run, where NBK is edgy, exciting, and unlike anything else before or since, I couldn't believe how utterly generic the plot of TR was. I kept thinking that some unique twist or memorable character was going to crop up that explained the cult status of this movie, but it just didn't happen. Don't get me wrong, it's by no means a terrible movie. There's just nothing that sets it apart from basically any other forgettable 90s movie except for the unmistakably Tarantino dialogue, which is far from his best.