Aided by a great cast, Quentin Tarantino steps back in time to 1969 with “Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood” and the result is a purposely fractured fairy tale that has all of the director’s trademark fun.
Blending fact and fiction, Tarantino sets his L.A. story around Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), a ‘fictitious’ once-popular TV actor who watches his ‘based on real’ neighbor Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) experience the film success he so desperately seeks. Showcasing Hollywood’s fickleness for celebrity, Tarantino gives us both sides: Rick’s desperation in seeing his own star fall while witnessing Sharon’s joy as her star rises.
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