Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino has said that if you joined all his films together to make one long film the ending of his latest, the divisive Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, would make a fitting climax to his whole career. It’s certainly a very entertaining and well constructed set piece and yet I can see why some people may find it’s revisionist take on real life events in bad taste.

Other criticisms l’ve heard levelled at the film are that it is slow moving and lacking in plot and yet this is what I loved about it, that you get to spend time with some extremely watchable characters in a beautifully realised late 60’s L.A and are given plenty of time to revel in the details.

The film is Quentin’s love letter to Cinema. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt are on top form as fading movie star Rick Dalton and his stuntman Cliff Booth and Margot Robbie gives a nuanced performance as Sharon Tate despite having very little dialogue, the sweet scene where she watches herself on screen at the cinema is the films heart.