True Romance

Content Warnings

Overall Severity: 🔴 85/100
Total warning time: 7m 45s
Sex/Nudity: 🔴 70/100 (1m 15s)
  • 🟡 60/100 [00:10:30 - 00:11:00] A woman is seen topless in a brief scene.
  • 🔴 70/100 [01:05:45 - 01:06:30] Sexual content and suggestive dialogue.
Drug Use: 🔴 80/100 (1m 35s)
  • 🔴 80/100 [00:20:15 - 00:21:00] Characters are seen using cocaine.
  • 🔴 80/100 [00:45:20 - 00:46:10] Drug deal and discussion about drugs.
Violence: 🔴 90/100 (4m)
  • 🔴 90/100 [00:30:00 - 00:31:30] Graphic shootout with multiple deaths.
  • 🔴 95/100 [01:15:00 - 01:17:30] Intense and bloody fight scene.
Strong Language: 🔴 85/100 (55s)
  • 🔴 85/100 [00:05:10 - 00:05:20] Frequent use of strong profanity.
  • 🔴 90/100 [00:25:45 - 00:26:30] Racial slurs and offensive language.
True Romance
Year: 1993
Certificate: R
Runtime: 119 min
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
IMDB: 7.9
Meta Score: 59
Votes: 206918
Gross: 12,281,500
Director: Tony Scott
Stars: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer
Overview: In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it.

Movie FAQ

Q: Who directed True Romance (1993)?
A: True Romance was directed by Tony Scott, with a screenplay written by Quentin Tarantino.
Q: What is the plot of True Romance?
A: True Romance follows Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), who falls in love with a call girl named Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette). After killing her pimp, they flee to California with a suitcase of stolen cocaine, pursued by both the mob and the police.
Q: Which famous actors have supporting roles in True Romance?
A: True Romance features an ensemble cast including Dennis Hopper as Clifford Worley, Val Kilmer as Elvis Presley (in Clarence's hallucinations), Gary Oldman as Drexl Spivey, Christopher Walken as Vincenzo Coccotti, and Brad Pitt as Floyd.
Q: Is True Romance connected to Quentin Tarantino's other films?
A: While True Romance is not directly connected to Quentin Tarantino's cinematic universe (like Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs), it shares his signature style of dialogue, violence, and nonlinear storytelling, as he wrote the screenplay.
Q: What is the significance of the title 'True Romance'?
A: The title 'True Romance' reflects the central theme of the film—Clarence and Alabama's passionate and chaotic love story, which drives the plot despite the violence and crime surrounding them.