True Romance
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: September 10, 1993
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warrenworldMay 4, 2014
The truth about True Romance is very simple. On the outside: a lot of violence and sexual content. Take a deeper look, and you find a well-written love story.
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tonyGreenApr 26, 2021
All style, no substance. If you can handle the violence, it's pretty good fun with a great climactic ending.
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gracjanskiNov 24, 2019
The beginning is horrible: why should I watch a beta guy doing big mistakes? Oh sure, I will kill another man for being a pimp, of course I will do everything for a whore and even marry her xD. After that the movie is much better, but stillThe beginning is horrible: why should I watch a beta guy doing big mistakes? Oh sure, I will kill another man for being a pimp, of course I will do everything for a whore and even marry her xD. After that the movie is much better, but still not quite realistic… Expand
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arrivistMar 27, 2021
A special-needs version of Wild at Heart (1990). True Romance is a perfect example of how you can't make a good film out of a bad script. Tarantino's degeneracy oozes through the dialogue and obcene violence. His racism and misogenyA special-needs version of Wild at Heart (1990). True Romance is a perfect example of how you can't make a good film out of a bad script. Tarantino's degeneracy oozes through the dialogue and obcene violence. His racism and misogeny particularly apparent in this stinker. It's well directed by the late Tony Scott, but a lot of this is undone by the poor editing. There is a strong scene between Walken and Hopper, but the use of the n-word leaves a bad taste, particularly when this was an annecdote Tarantino used to tell at parties.… Expand
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amheretojudgeJul 28, 2019
All the romance and very little truth, Slater and Arquette sparks up the dim fire every time.

True Romance Scott's love track is a big sloppy kiss from 70s music video. The director Tony Scott fails to comprehend Tarantino's script and as aAll the romance and very little truth, Slater and Arquette sparks up the dim fire every time.

True Romance

Scott's love track is a big sloppy kiss from 70s music video. The director Tony Scott fails to comprehend Tarantino's script and as a result this love bash feels effortful and messy. But I wouldn't just blame Scott to make sense in a film so teenage-ish as such. Not that we haven't had good films in such genre, it's just that the goofiness isn't motivated as those films do and are. And Tarantino is to be put on trial too. Maybe, if he was there, in the director's seat, he might have carved it out in one rhythmic beat. Even though the script and the characters journey might constraint it. The best thing film does is not feeling obligated to explain the falling in love aspect of these characters.

It is instant. Either it happens or not and when it does, that is it. There's no clause, no explanation and no boundary. Now, in a film that is basically a chase scene, it is extremely bold and outrageous for Scott to expect us to have a conversation. That liberty comes only when the rush is dragged and not pushed by the film. To a script that zooms its way out, Scott had to focus not only on the stops, the stillness of the storyline but also on the emergencies.

On performance objective, the cast is a topsy-turvy dream. Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, James Gandolfini, Brad Pitt and Christopher Walken are supporting the lead in the form of guest appearances. But what still works, is those same little delights of chocolates that we receive periodically in the film fooling us in believing that it is in safe hands. True Romance is another product that came out from Tarantino's press that communicates with young couple with a robust argument and his signature ruffian violence.… Expand
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HabibiehakimAug 22, 2021
Everybody was great in the film except two of the main character, Slater and Arquette was good at theirself but not as a couple, i didn't engaged with their relationship, i didn't feel their relationship, and i didn't care about theirEverybody was great in the film except two of the main character, Slater and Arquette was good at theirself but not as a couple, i didn't engaged with their relationship, i didn't feel their relationship, and i didn't care about their relationship, everything is going too fast for them, i just not feeling it, it's a great action packed, it's an interesting crime story, but not a True Romance.… Expand
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