Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

Name: Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy
Released: July 26, 2019
Duration: 161 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Al Pacino, Aundrea Smith, Austin Robert Butler, Brad Pitt, Bruce Dern

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: July 26, 2019 | R

Starring: Al Pacino, Aundrea Smith, Austin Robert Butler, Brad Pitt, Bruce Dern, Burt Reynolds, Clifton Collins Jr., Dakota Fanning, Damian Lewis, Damon Herriman, Dreama Walker, Emile Hirsch, Ethan Hawke, Harley Quinn Smith, James Marsden, James Remar, Julia Butters, Kurt Russell, Lena Dunham, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leslie Bega, Lorenza Izzo, Luke Perry, Margaret Qualley, Margot Robbie, Martin Kove, Maya Hawke, Michael Madsen, Mike Moh, Nicholas Hammond, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Rumer Willis, Samantha Robinson, Scoot McNairy, Sydney Sweeney, Tim Roth, Timothy Olyphant, Victoria Pedretti, Zoë Bell

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Nominated for 10 Academy Awards including best picture.
Named best picture (comedy) at the 77th Golden Globe awards. More awards and nominations...
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Summary: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multipleOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age. … Expand

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Genre(s): Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 161 min

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Liam Lacey

Jul 25, 2019

Wistful, funny and complicated in interesting ways, Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, may be his warmest film since Jackie Brown - which may not be what you expected to hear about a movie set against the background of the 1969 Manson murders. Read full review

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Dave Calhoun

May 21, 2019

It sits at the mature end of Tarantino’s work, bringing his tongue-in-cheek storytelling together with exquisite craft and killer lead performances from Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. And yet, it’s still very much a Tarantino film, trading in genuine emotion one minute, unapolegetically silly the next. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Jul 25, 2019

As one might expect from Mr. Tarantino’s previous films, his new one is violent — extravagant violence is visited on men and women alike at several points — as well as tender, plus terrifically funny. Yet this virtuoso piece of storytelling also offers intricate instruction on the pervasiveness of violence in popular culture. Read full review

Katie Rife

Jul 24, 2019

This is Tarantino’s Eden, the unspoiled garden when the things he loves don’t have to be sought out or championed because they permeate every aspect of life. The sense of blissful immersion extends to the film’s costuming and production design, both of which are as meticulous as one might expect. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jul 24, 2019

Tarantino was a boy of 6 in 1969, living far from the center of Los Angeles, and in a sense what he’s done here is re-create the world he’s imagined the adults were living in at the time. If it plays like a fairy tale, and it does, don’t forget the first words in the title are “Once Upon a Time.” Read full review

Michael Phillips

Jul 23, 2019

The results? More evocative than provocative. But evocative is not nothing. Read full review

Richard Brody

Aug 5, 2019

Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood has been called Tarantino’s most personal film, and that may well be true—it’s far more revealing about Tarantino than about Hollywood itself, and his vision of the times in question turns out to be obscenely regressive. Read full review

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MarcDoyle

Jul 25, 2019

This will certainly crack my year-end Top 10 list, and it will likely be in the top half. I don’t remember the last time I laughed that hard (frankly, often in spots when I was the only one laughing… which is all the better) in a film. The story is excellent…vintage QT. But it’s truly BradThis will certainly crack my year-end Top 10 list, and it will likely be in the top half. I don’t remember the last time I laughed that hard (frankly, often in spots when I was the only one laughing… which is all the better) in a film. The story is excellent…vintage QT. But it’s truly Brad Pitt’s film. I mean, he should just sign over his movie check to the director for making him look this good. Those lines, those action sequences, the dog? Amazing. Don’t want to spoil anything – just see this one. It delivers.… Expand

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jakeyjake

Apr 28, 2020

10/10 Definitely not for everyone. But I don't care. I love this movie.

This slow-burn cruise through Hollywood in 1969 with our two fictional leads "Rick Dalton" and "Cliff Booth" will bore a lot of viewers but it's the historical context in which they are placed in by Mr. Tarantino that10/10 Definitely not for everyone. But I don't care. I love this movie.

This slow-burn cruise through Hollywood in 1969 with our two fictional leads "Rick Dalton" and "Cliff Booth" will bore a lot of viewers but it's the historical context in which they are placed in by Mr. Tarantino that had me hooked. So much of the viewers experience with this film will hinder on the knowledge of the historical events and individuals who inspired it. Context is everything, and for "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood", it made for one of the most satisfying movies in the history of cinema.… Expand

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Bibliographer

Jul 28, 2019

One of the best films of the year and of Tarantino's career. This is a valentine to Hollywood, to the western genre and to the power of storytelling. There’s a lot to disagree with, even while appreciating the viewpoint, and digging the layers. It’s a movie about movies, westerns, Hollywood,One of the best films of the year and of Tarantino's career. This is a valentine to Hollywood, to the western genre and to the power of storytelling. There’s a lot to disagree with, even while appreciating the viewpoint, and digging the layers. It’s a movie about movies, westerns, Hollywood, fairy tales, and America.… Expand

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brohug

Aug 10, 2019

...and they all lived happily ever. Tarantino's ode to the 1969 Los Angeles of his youth is an alternate history that pretty much everyone can get behind. The end of Sixties innocence is pushed back into a time machine that meanders through the streets and studio sets of Hollywood, as...and they all lived happily ever. Tarantino's ode to the 1969 Los Angeles of his youth is an alternate history that pretty much everyone can get behind. The end of Sixties innocence is pushed back into a time machine that meanders through the streets and studio sets of Hollywood, as network television is depicted as a boon and a threat at the same time to the working actor. Some of the scenes are almost excruciatingly long but like Wes and PT Anderson, best just to trust the process.

Pitt and DiCaprio are terrific, but Margot Robbie steals the show without much dialogue. Her Sharon Tate is kind of perfect. A sub-par but beautiful actress who is a beam of light that wants nothing but happiness for herself, Roman, Jay, and her unborn child.

The violence at the climax is satisfying, but upon reflection also deeply troubling. We are voyeurs to an outcome opposite to what history has told us. And yet we are still savagely rooting for payback that never was or will be ever realized.

It's been years since I read "Helter Skelter", one of the great non-fiction crime novels of all time. It was challenging while watching the film trying to recall some of the true details of the book, as Tarantino gleefully tip-toed the historical line right up to the end.… Expand

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SergeantSoz

Jul 30, 2019

I’m a big fan of Tarantino but this one was just okay. It ranks towards the bottom of his portfolio but since this is about Hollywood, Hollywood critics will eat that sh** up. Same as La La Land. Usually the user scores are higher than the critic rating but this time it’s the opposite andI’m a big fan of Tarantino but this one was just okay. It ranks towards the bottom of his portfolio but since this is about Hollywood, Hollywood critics will eat that sh** up. Same as La La Land. Usually the user scores are higher than the critic rating but this time it’s the opposite and that says something. I went in expecting more I guess. It just didn’t seem to have any story at all and no development or explanation of anything, just about 3 hours of nostalgia trip. People who lived in that era will probably love this film more than I did but at the end I was like - that’s it? It’s a well-made, well acted movie but most Tarantino films have amazing dialogue scenes that this film lacked. It was mostly just montages of old 60s style movies and TV shows. Overall it was funny and the cast was terrific. I’d recommend seeing it but it won’t blow your mind or anything. it’s… Expand

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fmulhare

Jul 28, 2019

This is a merry-go-round, pastiche tour of Hollywood in the late sixties with Tarantino's usual alternative history tacked on at the end.Despite all the bells and whistles it is ultimately like a boring museum tour. Plotless, characterless and at times threatening to be endless you findThis is a merry-go-round, pastiche tour of Hollywood in the late sixties with Tarantino's usual alternative history tacked on at the end.Despite all the bells and whistles it is ultimately like a boring museum tour. Plotless, characterless and at times threatening to be endless you find yourself wondering when is the real movie going to start.The real star of the movie is the dog who becomes the prime agent of the alternative ending!… Expand

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MatRix007

Aug 24, 2019

This movie showed personal hatred of Quentin

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