Check
- Mark movie as favorite
- Dislike this movie
- Add movie to watchlist
- Mark movie as owned
- Check movie
- View the official lists that include Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
- Visit IMDb page
Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019)
Pssst, want to check out Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood in our new look?
Information
- A.k.a.
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 161 min.
- Director
- Quentin Tarantino
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Rating *
- 7.6
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 11,670
- Favs
- 1,019
- Dislikes
- 110
- Favs/checks
- 8.7% (1:11)
- Favs/dislikes
- 9:1
Top comments
-
Siskoid
The more I think about Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the more I like it, but in the watching of it, I did feel a little listless at times (as with The Hateful Eight). It doesn't need to be that long, and a lot of points it makes are way too on the nose. If anyone wants to call this QT's "most personal film", I think they would be right. Fictional actor Rick Dalton is on the other side of his career peak, and so is the cowboy in the novel he's reading, so we might see this as Tarantino's own midlife crisis movie. There are references to many of his past films (Rick stars in an Inglorious Basterds-type film, Bruce Lee is a character, Kurt Russell is a stuntman, and the film's relationship with the Manson Family Murders is akin to Basterds' with World War II. The foot fetish has never been more blatant, with way too many feet pressed up against the lens. And of course, it's about making films in the era that begat a lot of what QT would later use as inspiration, and a chance to indulge in the gadget side of things, reproducing looks from old films in the Dalton vignettes. On the other hand, the language is more naturalistic and less "written" than any of his past efforts (that may or may not be a positive, depending). We spend two-thirds of the film getting to know the amusingly pathetic Dalton, his stunt double Cliff Booth, and real-life murder victim Sharon Tate (a loving portrayal compared to the comedy wrung out of the other two), then we finally get to brass tacks and things get tense and violent. So while there's a lot of humor and knowing the characters as well as we do helps the pay-off, it's still a film that indulges in long detours from the plot. A lot of the best scenes are in those detours, but sitting in the theater, I did long for a tighter focus. 4 years 8 months ago -
leodelgado01
Well, I can now say there's never too much of Brad Pitt driving around listening to the radio. 4 years 8 months ago -
Friends
Login to see which of your friends have seen this movie!Activity
-
ana bosnjak checked this movie 2 days ago
-
Manas Amonkar checked this movie 3 days 19 hours ago
In 10 official lists
-
This movie ranks #40 in A.V. Club's The Best Movies of the 2010s
A.V. Club's The Best Mov…
40 -
This movie ranks #71 in Rotten Tomatoes's Top 100 Movies of All Time
Rotten Tomatoes's Top 10…
71 -
This movie ranks #86 in TSPDT's 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films
TSPDT's 21st Century's M…
86 -
This movie ranks #150 in Golden Globe Award - Best Motion Picture
Golden Globe Award - Bes…
150 -
This movie ranks #360 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
Sight & Sound's The Grea…
360 -
This movie ranks #384 in Box Office Mojo's All Time Worldwide Box Office
Box Office Mojo's All Ti…
384 -
This movie ranks #565 in Academy Award - Best Picture Nominees
Academy Award - Best Pic…
565 -
This movie ranks #845 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest F…
845 -
This movie ranks #930 in Box Office Mojo's All Time Adjusted Box Office
Box Office Mojo's All Ti…
930 -
This movie ranks #994 in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
1001 Movies You Must See…
994