a misfire

Rating: Null/10 (30 April 2003)

It's too bad about 'True Romance.' Judging from the screenplay, this could have been a fine film. That is, with a different director. Tony Scott is responsible for the mess that is 'True Romance.' He clearly can't do subtlety. He doesn't know when to tone it down. He doesn't know what's funny about the screenplay. He plays every moment huge and overblown. A stylistic choice, you say? Please. Take a look at Tony Scott's credits. 'The Last Boyscout', 'The Fan,' 'Beverly Hills Cop II.' Did he mean to make these films the overwrought bores that they were? That's all he knows how to do. It's really a shame that his brother didn't direct 'True Romance.'