It deserves more than 5 of 10 stars, but I feel that the collective rating is misleading, so I try to even things out.

The acting, cinematography, locations, music etc. Is state of the art.

Sadly it is just a display of what happens when you give a respected writer/director a massive budget, acquire great actors and just fly away with hubris propelling you with thrust from the derrière throughout the production.

It has all the right ingredients, but they are mixed and arranged in a way that I never would have expected from one of my favorite directors.

But for all the great work he has done, I'll let this one slide.

Edit: I had way too high expectations for this movie. Tarantino has made several of my favorite movies, but they can't all turn out the way I hoped for.