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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) poster

2019 · drama · comedy

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Directed by Quentin Tarantino2h 42m2019

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

Our read: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) reads as a warm, measured, inventive drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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Warm, measured, measured drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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How Once Upon a Time in Hollywood feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You enjoy long hangout vibes in 1969 Hollywood with sharp characters and sudden violence.”

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