Once Upon A Time in Hollywood just might be Tarantino's masterpiece.

Full Review | Apr 4, 2024

The film analyzes the functioning of entertainment industry, the social and ideological ethnic resentments and the construction of the American Dream. Tarantino carries out a kind of historical and cultural revisionism with the aim of rewriting the facts.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 27, 2024

Its alternate ending to real-life events is meant to be controversial, but for me, it’s a vision of how everything should have happened if the world was fair or, indeed, a fairy tale… in Hollywood.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 24, 2023

For film nerds like myself, watching Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is like being treated to a tour through the cinematic theme park that is Tarantino’s mind.

Full Review | Jul 19, 2023

When [Sharon] Tate dances to Paul Revere and the Raiders, that's all we see: a woman dancing. If his cheery take on the actress has a lot of fantasy in it, that fairytale aspect is right there in the title: "Once Upon a Time…"

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 16, 2023

Not groundbreaking Tarantino, but it’s a fun trip back through time with real heart and likeable characters. Allow yourself to sink into its world and you’ll be rewarded with good tunes, laugh-out-loud jokes and moments of exhilaration.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2023

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood could have benefited much more had it taken a different approach.

Full Review | Jan 22, 2023

Take to heart the legendary director’s underlining commentary on the audience’s insatiable appetite and craving for the macabre, which seems to be the point entirely.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2022

It’s a movie full of surprises, none bigger than this – I kinda love it. And let me get this out of the way – I think it's Tarantino's best film.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is Tarantino at his most human and mature; much like Jackie Brown, he relies less on referential material and more on exploring rich, fully developed characters who seem to live and breathe.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 26, 2022

Gloriously grimy, its a masterpiece of nostalgia, allowing (Quentin Tarantino's) audience to inhabit a world of low-lives and cults.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 21, 2022

Overall, it's a good film with superlative acting performances that's well made and creates an authentic, immersive atmosphere of an idolized, nostalgic 1969 Los Angeles.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 20, 2022

In a world where franchises and reboots rule Hollywood, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is a breath of fresh air as it cements itself as one of the best films of 2019.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 18, 2022

It might be closing time in Tarantino's Hollywood, but he just wants to make sure we leave the lights on. If Hollywood gives studios the reassurance that movies like this still matter, maybe they'll still glow.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2022

Episode 45: The Farewell / Jackie Brown / Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Full Review | Original Score: 90/100 | Oct 4, 2021

Very well executed... it truly is a love letter to an era of [Tarantino's] own making.

Full Review | Sep 29, 2021

The journeys of these three characters overlap in interesting ways, but it seems to add up to little more than, 'Well, that was kinda weird.'

Full Review | Original Score: B | Aug 15, 2021

An apt allegory for the delusional arc of Hollywood. Its internal downfall lies in the fact that this insight is most definitely accidental.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 30, 2021

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood comes out as number one. Its enthusiastic energy grabbed me, and I found myself in the odd position of laughing while watching a story involving Charles Manson.

Full Review | Jul 23, 2021

Pitt's performance is captivating, a smoothly mellow synergy of charisma and charm, but it is DiCaprio who steals the show, cementing his status as the best actor of his generation.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 25, 2021