Quentin Tarantino has featured several pairs of “buddies” throughout his films, from Vincent and Jules in Pulp Fiction, to Django and Schultz in Django Unchained. But he’s never made a de facto “buddy comedy,” featuring two friends (typically dudes) who share some adventure and get through it by relying on each other.

That is, he never made one until he released his most recent film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The movie is essentially a Tarantino version of a buddy comedy, centering on actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double best friend Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Compared to the filmmaker’s past several movies, this one is extraordinarily subtle; in a movie where nothing much really happens, the audience is grabbed by these brilliant characters played by two great actors, and the chemistry between them. Continue reading Once Upon a Time In Hollywood: A Tarantino Buddy Comedy feat. Murder Hippies [Spoilers] →