Quick Movie Review: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

I'll be brief: this is Tarantino's best movie since Pulp Fiction.  Where that movie was all about making people's jaws drop, this movie is comfortable, like that favorite pair of blue jeans after you've lost that 15 pounds you've been meaning to drop for a while now.  Both result in a swagger and a feel that is hard to describe but when you get there, you know that it is just right.

The late 60's feel is just right too.  There is enough violence to let you know this is a Tarantino movie – the Bruce Lee scene is terrific – but there's a time or two when something is left to the imagination. Imagine that in a Tarantino film!  Maybe that's the biggest surprise here.  Back to the 60's, the styles, the cars, the whole dirty-commune-hippy thing are perfect to a tee.

OK, I won't recount the whole thing, others have written better and more complete reviews.  Take James Berardinelli's for example.  Then watch the trailer, and make up your own mind.

3 1/2 stars out of 4.