nickdleblanc's review
4.0
The best part about this is that you get to enjoy QT’s dramatic conversational style without all of the annoying vocal tics he has in interviews—the pitch and volume changes, the repetitive “alright” and “okay”. Second best thing is that it’s like talking to the biggest know it all nerd in the world at a movie store and getting some great film recommendations. This guy has a natural way with dramatically telling stories, even shitty stories about him sitting in a movie theater with one of his mom’s friends questionable boyfriends. . He’s a perv and a weirdo and loves to hear himself talk but man he does some great shit. This book is light years beyond his novelization of OUATIH. Really good stuff. He’s wrong about Hitchcock’s Frenzy though. That movie is great.
jzmayes's review
3.0
When the author relates the broad strokes of the history of New Hollywood, he is at his best. The personal anecdotes and histories strike an earnest note of tenderness and the cruel darkness of his early childhood. Tarantino is probably a twisted man. But he sure is a great storyteller.
chris_tine54's review against another edition
I thought this would be more of a memoir, but it was mostly him just talking about random movies he saw. I had seen so few of those movies myself that I wasn’t getting much out of it. Sorry, QT. Just not for me.