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Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

2019

Quentin Tarantino

Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch ...

7.0

56,646

Thriller. Drama. Comedy The film will focus on a shifting Hollywood landscape in the late 1960s, as the industry was starting to forget about its classic mainstays. A fictional aging TV Western star named Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) attempts to come to grips with these changes alongside his equally fictitious stunt double (Pitt). However, everything in Dalton’s life seems to link back to his Hollywood roots: he is the neighbor of actress and model Sharon Tate ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"What was entirely unexpected was that 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood', would be such a moving film (...) The true jolt, though, is how melancholic the story finally plays"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Tarantino has created an outrageous, disorientating entertainment (...) It’s shocking, gripping, dazzlingly shot in the celluloid-primary colours of sky blue and sunset gold (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"You can feel Tarantino’s mad love for movies in all their disreputable dazzle and subversive art in every shot.(...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Non-stop-extraordinary (...) [A] pure movie-world intoxication, laced with in-jokes and nibble-ably sweet period detail.(…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A heady engrossing collage of a film — but not, in the end, a masterpiece.
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"The filmmaker’s weirdest movie merges pre-Manson Hollywood with the looming specter of hippiedom. The result is a lopsided cultural mashup as viewed through Tarantino’s exuberant cinematic filter."
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A visceral, expertly-crafted homage to the Hollywood’s heyday."
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Tarantino folds the low-key buddy comedy into a lovingly recreated, almost fetishistic celebration of late '60s Hollywood, infused with color and vitality by cinematographer Robbie Richardson"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"[A] meandering ode to a bygone era (...) There were stretches during my screening when I was a little bored, even as I was tickled by Tarantino’s offbeat cadence, his commitment to specificity and idiosyncrasy. "
		Lou Thomas Den of Geek	"A lovingly crafted, sun-baked homage to '60s Hollywood full of stellar performances (...) Tarantino has created a storming hangout movie for the ages (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"Love letter to cinema is a masterpiece (...) It’s Tarantino’s most assured, yet most subtle, writing (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Steve Pond The Wrap	"Big, brash, ridiculous, too long, and in the end invigorating, the film is a grand playground for its director to fetishize old pop culture and bring his gleeful perversity to the craft of moviemaking"
		Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"It’s the most fun the director seems to have had in years, but it’s also, oddly, his most compassionate picture in more than a decade (...) A sprawling, dreamy re-creation of a moment in time."
		William Bibbiani Bloody Disgusting	"A self-serving (...) fan fiction where men like Tarantino are unbelievably awesome, women are exactly the women Tarantino wants them to be (...), and actual history is nothing more than a setup and a punchline (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Gregory Ellwood Collider	"[It] elicits a reaction no other Tarantino film has to date. In fact, it seems sacrilegious to describe it this way, but when the final (...) may be the first Tarantino film that leaves with a genuine sense of, wait for it, hope."
		Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"Overlong and meandering but also lovingly crafted and brilliantly acted (...) The pacing and weaker story, combined with dialogue that doesn't have the usual zip, are what makes [it] a mid-tier Tarantino effort (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"A grand and beautifully designed set-up where seemingly insignificant details in act one lead to pivotal moments late on."
		Peter Howell Toronto Star	"His ninth and most audacious movie (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Lewis Knight Mirror	"Tarantino delivers his best in years (...) with a beautifully-realised cinematic odyssey (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Andrew L. Urban Urbancinefile	"Tarantino splices together odds and ends to help collate the visual sense of the late 60s, and keeps surprising us with a screenplay as twisting as the Hollywood Hills. Design, music and editing all do Tarantino proud.
		Anthony O'Connor FilmInk	"Shaggy and indulgent, but also complex and fascinating, and offers an utterly unique experience for those willing to embrace its meandering charms."
		Louise Keller Urbancinefile	"A great Tarantino yarn, coloured and stretched to the filmmaker's own recipe (...) The humour is cumulative; the characters unforgettable; the violence brutal."
		Norman Wilner Now Toronto	"It’s the ninth film from Tarantino. I think I hate it. But at least he got off, and that’s the important thing. (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Chris Agar Screen Rant	"Bolstered by strong performances and immersive production design, 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' is an introspective and rewarding film from Tarantino."
		Andrew Parker The Gate	"[It] is precisely the kind of love letter to old school cinema, television, music, and aesthetics that one would expect from a brainy movie brat with an eye for exceptional visuals and fine details (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"Tarantino's deep and abiding love for both the era and the Hollywood industry itself shines through (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Cleverly realised at times, but meanders hopelessly, and is too self-indulgent and unfocussed (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Donald Clarke Irish Times	"It’s all good, tasteless fun (...) A diverting indulgence (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Sarah McIntyre RTÉ	"[It] has all the dazzlingly sumptuous production values, rich storytelling, razor sharp black humour and top-notch performances you would expect from a Tarantino film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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