You have to hand it to Quentin Tarantino the man knows how to direct and cast a film. Brad Pitt*, Leo DiCaprio and all the supporting actors are pitch perfect and QT does an amazing job recreating 1969 Hollywood and Network TV**. Unfortunately, QT forgot about a plot - there really isn't one. Its pleasant to follow Pitt and DiCaprio around and have run-ins with the Manson family, but that doesn't make for an enthralling 2 hours and 41 minutes. Of course, Tarintino was never big on story - but Once Upon a Time also lacks his usual nonstop stylized violence and over-heated rhetoric.
Summary: An enjoyable movie, but overlong and self-indulgent. Better than Django Unchained & Kill Bill Part II but inferior to Tarantino's other movies. Those nostalgic for 1960's Hollywood will like it more.
Notes
* - Pitt looks amazingly fit for a 56 year old.
** =I loved how QT has "George" take a nap so he can watch The FBI (A Quinn Martin production) at 8 PM. Yes, boys and girls, in ye olden days you had to make time to watch your favorite TV show. And you also had to fix your TV roof antenna. No Cable, no VCR and no DVDs.
* - Pitt looks amazingly fit for a 56 year old.
** =I loved how QT has "George" take a nap so he can watch The FBI (A Quinn Martin production) at 8 PM. Yes, boys and girls, in ye olden days you had to make time to watch your favorite TV show. And you also had to fix your TV roof antenna. No Cable, no VCR and no DVDs.
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