Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood

Regarded as one of the best movies about making movies, Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood is a sad story of three actors that strive their best to survive in the fast-changing movie industry.

So what is the story about? After a dramatic five-year climb to the top in the cutthroat and bright world of Hollywood - followed by a decade of paddling water - the once-young and popular action actor Rick Dalton finds it difficult to accept that the voracious film business can do without him. Rick, along with his empathetic buddy and longtime stunt double - Cliff Booth, faces the bleak prospect of a prosaic new existence in 1969 Los Angeles, where Rick's career seems to be coming to an end.

Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood wanders between three different story strands, sometimes concentrating on Rick's fading acting opportunities, in stark contrast to Sharon's increasing Hollywood stardom, then shifting to Cliff's short and dramatic brush with Manson's followers. All of these separate plotlines eventually converge. Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood, like much of Tarantino's work, elicits powerful emotions on both ends of the spectrum, and it's simple to understand why. It is undoubtedly disheartening to ponder the cruel universe that the characters must live in, which truly resembles our real world today.

Year of Release: 2019

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85%