Truly Quite Romantic

Rating: Null/10 (9 January 2003)

True Romance is one of those movies that could be easily mistaken for being just another pointless violent action movie. What separates it is the love story at its core.
Penned by master-of-dialog Quentin Tarantino, True Romance is witty, touching, and quite badass. The movie's plot is character-based, so the situations change around our main characters, played to key by Slater and Arquette.
Speaking of actors, this movie has one of the best-assembled ensemble casts I've ever seen, and they all play their characters to the bone. Christopher Walken is the mobster "antichrist", Oldman is the violent psychopath, Pitt's a stoner, Hopper's a retired cop with just a bit of fire left in his blood. Together, they're both entertaining to watch, and have great chemistry (the Walken/Hopper scene is classic).
Overall very funny, violent, and Tarantino, True Romance also succeeds in being a genuinely good love story, that, despite all that blood, is really quite touching.