True Romance

Impressions before seeing it
I wanted to see it because the script was written by Quentin Tarantino, but it also had an impressive cast.

How was it?
True Romance is like a chick flick for guys. It is a romance, but it's also full of action and violence (which by the laws of filmmaking, must exist in anything involving Tarantino). A lot of it also centers around drug dealers, which I would normally find kind of boring, but in this case no part of the movie was uninteresting. I wouldn't really call this movie original, but that's understandable, being that this was one of Tarantino's early scripts that he sold to make some money so that he could direct his own stuff later on. I wouldn't want to let someone else direct my best ideas either.

That's not to say that this movie is bad at all. It's actually really good for a story that in other hands might be mundane. QT's directorial efforts are much better films, but thanks to his scriptwriting genius, this is a decent one too.

Recommendation
I would say watch it if you are a Tarantino fan, but otherwise take it or leave it. Maybe you could still enjoy the performances from all of the familiar faces - special props to Gary Oldman, who seems to use a different voice/accent for every role.