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Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood REVIEW

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Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood Adrian Weber "It's official old buddy, I'm a has been." Spoilers. Films as good as  Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood only occur once - maybe twice - a year. So I had to write a longer review for it. This is a film only Quentin Tarantino could make first and foremost. The humor (this is the funniest movie I've seen this year) and tension throughout are cleverly written and directed meticulously. Done with great elegance, grand set pieces and stand out performances around the board, Quentin Tarantino remains one of the best modern collaborators of our time.  Margot Robbie makes for a fantastic Sharon Tate as she and Leonardo DiCaprio, who is as solid as ever playing Rick Dalton, make for interesting counterparts. Tate is gleeful and profoundly energetic for what her future holds as Dalton dreads for the unknown after seeing stardom for so long. However, Brad Pitt steals the limelight as Cliff Booth - Rick Dalto