Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is one of the most eagerly anticipated movies of the year.
And by the first reviews submitted after its premiere in Cannes, it sounds like fans will not be disappointed.
Reviews from Cannes Film Festival for Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film have been overwhelmingly positive, with multiple five-star ratings being doled out.
While Once Upon A Time In Hollywood isn’t being touted as a masterpiece like Pulp Fiction, which premiered at Cannes 25 years ago, the Brad Pitt and Leonardo Di Caprio led vehicle has been called ‘the most fun Tarantino has had in years’ by Vulture, ‘dazzling’ by the Guardian, and ‘gloriously, wickedly indulgent, compelling and hilarious’ by Deadline.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote: ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is uneven, unwieldy in its structure and not without its flat patches.
‘But it’s also a disarming and characteristically subversive love letter to its inspiration, in which Tarantino rebuilds the Dream Factory as it existed during the time of his childhood, while rewriting the traumatic episode often identified as the end of that era.’
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While Slash Film wrote: ‘Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood is a beautiful, brash rumination on the grime and beauty that Hollywood both represents and the real world effects of its mythmaking.’
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And The Wrap added: ‘It’s a grand playground for the director to further fetishise old pop culture, to break things and hurt people, and to bring a wide-eyed glee and a robust sense of perversity to the whole craft of moviemaking.’
Following the screening in Cannes – the hottest ticket of the festival – Tarantino, Di Caprio, Pitt and Margot Robbie, who plays Sharon Tate, received a six minute standing ovation.
Tarantino, 56, said: ‘To my wonderful actors, producers and the studio that helped me make this movie. Thank you for being such a fantastic audience, for the first time we ever showed it to an audience. See you on the Croisette!’
Ahead of the festival, the director begged guests not to reveal spoilers for the movie, hinting at a massive plot twist.
And while critics have adhered to his plea, it seems this may be to do with how Tarantino portrays the Charles Manson family murders, which led to the death of Sharon Tate.
The Hollywood Reporter explained: ‘While it’s well known that the movie deals with the period immediately surrounding the Manson murders, let’s just say Tarantino puts his own playful spin on that horrific chapter of Hollywood history, which won’t be entirely surprising to anyone who’s been paying attention to his recent work.’
The Telegraph added: ‘The murders themselves must be the single most shocking sequence in Tarantino’s filmography for a number of reasons: one moment made me groan “oh no” out loud.’
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