True Romance

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True Romance

R,

1993,

1h 56m,

Crime/

Drama/

Romance

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A comic-book nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence (Christian Slater) and a prostitute named Alabama (Patricia Arquette) fall in love. Clarence breaks the news to her pimp and ends up killing him. He grabs a suitcase of cocaine on his way out thinking it is Alabama's clothing. The two hit the road for California hoping to sell the cocaine, but the mob is soon after them.

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Critics Consensus

Fueled by Quentin Tarantino's savvy screenplay and a gallery of oddball performances, Tony Scott's True Romance is a funny and violent action jaunt in the best sense.

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

Jul 22, 2022

The varying sensibilities of Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott come together to fashion one of the cornerstone films of the early 1990s.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Jul 19, 2021

This is the realm of meta-cinema, where those who make movies, those who long to be in them and those who model their behaviour on them all come together to contrive between them a classic movie climax: a shoot-out...

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Nov 22, 2015

4/5

This is the best film Quentin Tarantino never made.

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

Dec 10, 2023

While it might not have garnered the same critical praise as the Tarantino-helmed Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, True Romance has a charm of its own, which makes it impossible not to love.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jan 1, 2023

5/5

'...the perenially absorbing kinetic character collisions of True Romance are worth savouring...'

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Jul 12, 2022

3/4

wildly improbable and delightfully unpredictable, even when charging through some very familiar territory

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Albus S

Mar 22, 2019

A wonderful movie full of thought provoking ideas quotes and love one of the best films ever

Anakin S

Feb 15, 2019

Ultimately quite weak, but some fun vintage bad guy scenes from Walken/Hopkins, Oldman and Gandolfini.

Albus P

Jan 28, 2019

I can see how this could have a cult following. Wild romance, over the top fight scenes, and two really likeable characters. It's got everything.

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Han R

Jan 15, 2019

Fun. Some of the greatest scenes and dialogue ever

Oct 28, 2018

One of the greatest movies I've ever seen

Han R

Aug 9, 2018

If you like Tarantino, you'll like this

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Christian Slater

Clarence Worley

Patricia Arquette

Alabama Whitman

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Synopsis

A comic-book nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence (Christian Slater) and a prostitute named Alabama (Patricia Arquette) fall in love. Clarence breaks the news to her pimp and ends up killing him. He grabs a suitcase of cocaine on his way out thinking it is Alabama's clothing. The two hit the road for California hoping to sell the cocaine, but the mob is soon after them.

Director: Tony Scott
Producer: Gary Barber, Samuel Hadida, Steve Perry, Bill Unger
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: August Entertainment, Morgan Creek Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 10, 1993, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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