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

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

Jul 22, 2022

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

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...

Jul 19, 2021

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

This is the best film Quentin Tarantino never made.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 22, 2015

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

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.

Dec 10, 2023

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

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

Rated: 5/5

Jan 1, 2023

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

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

Rated: 3/4

Jul 12, 2022

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Carlos

A stacked star studded roster of actors. A great story with great action. True Romance should be acknowledged more often on how great it is.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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Jen E.

Brilliant! They don’t make movies like this any more.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/05/25

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Marcus W

True Romance starts off very cool, with a great and unusual romance beautifully shot. I actually saw the first section of the movie and never got to finish it and it was so good it left a lasting impression on me many years later until I got to see it in full. For me the movie goes downhill because of the morality of the story, just because it is hard to see these two innocent characters which we have warmed to so much in that first part of the movie make the choices that they make and easily could have avoided and still see them as the 'heroes' are at least have affinity for them as protagonists. The movie canters along at the Tarantino pace and keeps us entertained with varied and colourful and interesting scenes and characters despite these issues mentioned before. The ending cannot really be compared to say 'Carlitos Way' because at least Pacino's character tried to get out of a fate. Interesting, great dialogue, unusual and funny, but just without the heart and soul it really falls flat as a story.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/14/25

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To F

Se nota que es escrita por Tarantino, buena historia y violencia explícita. Esta chingona y tiene cosas absurdas pero le da un toque de ficción y realidad.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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timmy b

Remains both Scott and Tarantino's best film!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/24/25

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Jerod S

Cornerstone film of the 90s? Maybe because of the A-listers, but the romance is cheesy and the final scenes are silly.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/12/25

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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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