Love and Bullets, Tarantino Style

Rating: Null/10 (14 October 2002)

When it was said that True Romance was a "Bonnie and Clyde for the 90's", the statement was both true enough to be accurate and false enough to chase off those who may have really enjoyed this movie. What True Romance truly is is an old-fashioned romance put through the pop-culture blender that is the mind of Quentin Tarantino, then interpreted by the ever-imaginative Tony Scott. The actors are entirely comfortable in their roles and mesh together so well that it is hard to believe that many of them were only on set for a day or two. A word of warning: THIS MOVIE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE! Foul language and over-the-top violence abound, but it is all done in good fun. If these elements are not enough to deter you from seeing a movie, do not deprive yourself of such a bona-fied classic entertainment. Bronston Pinchot is genius, Brad Pitt makes his part so much bigger than it really is, and Val Kilmer becomes the greatest actor to ever play Elvis without ever being clearly seen on camera. In short (though this review is anything but), great acting and clear directing took a great script with amazing action and hilarious dialogue and turned it into a classic film.