Review of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) by Thechinaman — 10 Sep 2019

Nce Upon Time In Hollywood is directed by Quentin Tarantino and starts Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, I was very excited for this film, first because it's a Tarantino movie, and second because of the cast, you Have DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, Once you see a movie with this cast and crew , your expectation are astronomically high, Can they deliver ? is it a revolutionary film from a narrative standpoint ? I think not, but does it capture everything Tarantino was going for , Yes it does, I really liked this film, I think it's very similar to Tarantino's Jackie Brown in nature and structure.

it's a movie about friendship and it's very funny I didn't expect that from this movie but it worked pretty well and thats also because of how Leo and Pitt nailed their roles, you can see DiCaprio's emotional breakdown and feel it, and he was great and really owned this character, as for Brad Pitt I can say it's my favorite character from this film , he pretty much has the best lines and the best scenes, Margot Robbie as Sharon tate, even if she was not given the biggest part in this movie, but she did good the movie is filled with long scenes that gave an advantage to the actors to really shine,the production design is Phenomenal, you can feel the 60's vibes, the sets and the Hollwood Boulevard are beautifull, the movie it's not about one think, its feels like a collection of moments beautifully directed and very well written and thats exactly what I think of this movie and thats what I liked about it, things I had an issue with is the second act, sometimes a scene could've been shorten but they took a little bit long and sometimes the narrative loses itself but it fixes itself the next scene,i really loved the first and third act, they are GREAT, my major problems is within the second Act that lacks a bit of tension, if you like Tarantino's style of directing and cinematic movie that relies on characters and the performances you're gonna probably enjoy this film.