Review of True Romance (1993) by Chris A — 03 Nov 2014

Ultimately, Quentin Tarantino's attempt at a love story, True Romance seems anything but. While initially a story about finding true love, Tarantino flips the entire genre on its head with a very Tarantino-esque take.

In its cast and characters, many connections can be drawn to other Tarantino movies of this era. The movie takes you on a journey with people that you wouldn't want to normally associate with: lowlifes and murderers.

The main characters in this movie, played by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, have a strong connection to the criminal couples in other Tarantino movies, such as Natural Born Killers and Pulp Fiction.

The cast is simply amazing and is reminiscent of the star-studded cast of Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. The comedy is dark and violence pervades throughout most of the film. At first glance, one would think of this movie as almost a romantic comedy.

Once you delve deeper into the storyline, you discover that it is much more than that. It comes across as a violent thriller with those small elements of a romantic comedy and portrays itself as classic Tarantino.

While this movie was not as groundbreaking as Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs, it did combine genres in a very Tarantino style: breaking the mold of the traditional romance movie.