Genre: Action / Crime
Duration: 119 minuten / 121 minuten (unrated director's cut)
Country:
United States / France
Directed by: Tony Scott
Stars: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette and Michael Rapaport
IMDb score:
7,9 (258.501)
Releasedate: 9 September 1993
True Romance plot
"Stealing, cheating, killing. Who said romance was dead?"
Clarence works in a comic book store and spends most of his spare time at the cinema watching kung fu movies. One day he meets Alabama prostitute, whom he falls in love with. However, she can't just stop working and so Clarence has to deal with her pimp first. During the tumultuous confrontation with the pimp, Clarence accidentally comes into possession of a suitcase of cocaine. He decides to sell this huge amount on his own and moves to Los Angeles.
Actors and actresses
Clarence Worley
Alabama Whitman
Dick Ritchie
Elliot Blitzer
Drexl Spivey
Clifford Worley
Vincenzo Coccotti
Floyd
Cody Nicholson
Big Don
Reviews & comments
Alathir
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- 2125 messages
- 1635 votes
Thanks to Teejey have had a look at the top 10 as I also think 6/10 films are very good. I just don't like Requiem for a Dream and about 2-3 films I've never seen.
Of course you notice that this comes from Tarantino, especially in the meeting between Walken and Hopper, but the confrontation between Slater and Drexl (Oldman) is also phenomenal. What a lovely figure that Drexl but also Slater is very "cool" 
. The ending is also very characteristic of Tarantino. True Romance is actually a movie with quite big names in which there is also a small role for Brad Pitt who plays a funny Floyd. The acting is really top notch and the sultry atmosphere is also good, although I don't see a 4.5* or 5* in it now.
It's not exactly the best work Tarantino has written, but if I compare it with a Wild At Heart that quotes tbouwh above, this is a much better film for me. Wild At Heart also has its moments, but has many, long-winded interludes and dialogues. Plus, I think Patricia Arquette is much nicer to watch than Laura Dern.
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Filmkriebel
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- 9949 messages
- 4645 votes
Very fantastic and wonderful movie. Thoroughly Tarantino; you wouldn't even say he wasn't in the director's chair. Tony Scott really did a great job here. The film is also packed with memorable scenes and rushes by, courtesy of a stellar cast: Gary Oldman is at his best as a villain, Pinchot is hilarious as the bumbling Elliot, as well as Brad Pitt as the stoned junkie. Slater wasn't exactly ideally cast for the lead role, but his duo with the cuddly Arquette is spot on. The wild romance and passion à la Bonnie&Clyde you could say. Living on the edge.
I have nothing negative to say about this film, of which I own a special edition (black cover with a silver cupid on it, who bears a heart with the names "Clarence" and "Alabama" in it). Why not 5* then? A personal frustration: I was just sad that Christopher Walken didn't return at the end to participate in the mexican shootout.
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Gerlof78
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- 743 messages
- 555 votes
Revisited after a long time, and it's still nice to see the cast play well and man what a cast too. Some have small roles but still and the story is beautifully told and exactly what you can expect from Quentin Tarantino crazy but good. Truly a cult film that should not be missing in everyone's collection
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