True Romance
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Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
What critics thought
DivisiveTrue Romance landed with a split in 1993: most critics found Tarantino's screenplay electric and the ensemble cast irresistible, but a significant minority found the whole enterprise morally indefensible despite its kinetic style. The gap between the strong audience enthusiasm it built over time and its middling contemporary critical average tells you this is a film that rewards people willing to meet it on its own amoral terms.
“it's Tarantino's gutter poetry that detonates True Romance. This movie is dynamite.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“the energy and style of the movie are exhilarating”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“True Romance, a vibrant, grisly, gleefully amoral road movie directed by Tony Scott and dominated by the machismo of Quentin Tarantino (who wrote this screenplay before he directed Reservoir Dogs), is sure to offend a good-sized segment of the moviegoing population”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Tony ScottDirector
Christian SlaterClarence Worley
Patricia ArquetteAlabama Whitman
Dennis HopperClifford Worley
Val KilmerMentor
Gary OldmanDrexl Spivey
Brad PittFloyd (Dick's Roommate)
Christopher WalkenVincenzo Coccotti
Bronson PinchotElliot Blitzer
Samuel L. JacksonBig Don
Michael RapaportDick Ritchie
Saul RubinekLee Donowitz
Conchata FerrellMary Louise Ravencroft
Hans ZimmerComposer
Quentin TarantinoWriter
Jeffrey L. KimballCinematographyTrue Romance
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
What critics thought
DivisiveTrue Romance landed with a split in 1993: most critics found Tarantino's screenplay electric and the ensemble cast irresistible, but a significant minority found the whole enterprise morally indefensible despite its kinetic style. The gap between the strong audience enthusiasm it built over time and its middling contemporary critical average tells you this is a film that rewards people willing to meet it on its own amoral terms.
“it's Tarantino's gutter poetry that detonates True Romance. This movie is dynamite.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“the energy and style of the movie are exhilarating”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“True Romance, a vibrant, grisly, gleefully amoral road movie directed by Tony Scott and dominated by the machismo of Quentin Tarantino (who wrote this screenplay before he directed Reservoir Dogs), is sure to offend a good-sized segment of the moviegoing population”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Tony ScottDirectorChristian SlaterClarence WorleyPatricia ArquetteAlabama WhitmanDennis HopperClifford WorleyVal KilmerMentorGary OldmanDrexl SpiveyBrad PittFloyd (Dick's Roommate)Christopher WalkenVincenzo CoccottiBronson PinchotElliot BlitzerSamuel L. JacksonBig DonMichael RapaportDick RitchieSaul RubinekLee DonowitzConchata FerrellMary Louise RavencroftHans ZimmerComposerQuentin TarantinoWriterJeffrey L. KimballCinematographyStream
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