Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth Netflix Trailer Draws Complaints Over Dark, Murky Footage

Netflix released the first full trailer for “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth” on Monday, bringing back Brad Pitt’s Oscar-winning role in a highly anticipated return. But across social media, users are repeating the same complaint: the footage in the trailer is too dark and murky to see properly.

Netflix has released the trailer for “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth,” starring Brad Pitt. David Fincher directed the film, and Quentin Tarantino wrote it. Fans are complaining that the trailer is too dark and murky, with many saying they cannot see the footage clearly because of heavy tinting and dark grading. The film will premiere in IMAX theaters on November 25, 2026, and will be available on Netflix on December 23, 2026.

The trailer has been slammed online by social media users for its poor visual quality, with many saying it’s too murky and dark. A fan wrote on X: “Not sure why they keep doing this.

Another user replied: “I could still see something. “Please work on the grading and make it darker before it goes out.”

The criticism quotes a memorable line from the original 2019 movie. One person commented with a meme of Bruce Dern’s character, George Spahn, saying “Can’t see s***,” suggesting the same phrase could sum up the new trailers.

The visual complaints are a constant friction with director David Fincher’s signature aesthetic, which often employs dark, moody cinematography and desaturated color grading.

The film is an unusual collaboration between two of Hollywood’s most idiosyncratic filmmakers. Quentin Tarantino writes the screenplay and David Fincher takes over the director’s chair.

The sequel takes place in 1977, eight years after the events of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” with Cliff Booth as a Hollywood fixer instead of a stuntman. “Murder, blackmail, theft, extortion — just another summer in Hollywood,” the official description reads. It is 1977.

Eight years after Cliff Booth first encountered the Manson family in Quentin Tarantino’s alternate history of 1969. In The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, the fairy tale is over. “Los Angeles doesn’t need a hippie-killing stuntman like it used to. But Hollywood’s always going to have problems, problems only Cliff’s special (sometimes extralegal) skills can solve.”

When Booth isn’t fixing things, he works as a bartender and movie projectionist to bring in extra cash.

DiCaprio won’t return, but Timothy Olyphant will reprise his role as James Stacy for the sequel.

New cast members include Scott Caan, Elizabeth Debicki, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, Holt McCallany and JB Tadena.

Tarantino also spoke about why he chose not to direct the film during an appearance on “The Church of Tarantino” podcast in August 2025. “I love this story, but I’m still walking down the same ground I’ve already walked,” Tarantino said. “It just de-enthused me. I gotta not know what I am doing again, this last movie. I’ve gotta be in uncharted territory.”

The director has said his 10th feature will be his last. His ninth film is “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

The film will run exclusively in IMAX cinemas worldwide for two weeks starting November 25, 2026. It will then be available to stream on Netflix on 23rDecember 2326.

The production was filmed on location in Los Angeles, with Erik Messerschmidt as director of photography. Brad Pitt and Ceán Chaffin are producers.

The trailer was announced on Netflix’s official Twitter and Instagram accounts, calling the film “Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth, only this time it’s 1977 and it’s a very different Hollywood.

Social media reactions have been mixed, with excitement over a Pitt-Fincher-Tarantino collaboration mixed with concerns about the trailer’s visual clarity.

The film is a rare collaboration between three big Hollywood names: Tarantino wrote it, Fincher directed it, and Pitt stars and produced it. The project also continues Tarantino’s journey into alternate Hollywood history, while also being his first produced screenplay without directing since starting his “final 10 films” period.

Complaints about the dark visual style raise ongoing conversations about modern cinematography and streaming optimization, as more and more dark content can be difficult to watch on home televisions and mobile devices.

The film will debut in IMAX® theaters worldwide on NovNovember 25026, in a limited two-week engagement. The film will be available to stream on Netflix starting DecDecember 23026.

Tarantino announced a novelization of the story last week called “The Adventures of Cliff Booth.”

Fans are complaining that the trailer footage is too dark and murky to see clearly. Many viewers criticized the “dark tinted camera effect” and heavy color grading, some joking they “can not see” anything in the footage.

The film will be exclusively in IMAX theaters for a two-week engagement starting NovNovember 25026. It will then stream on Netflix on December 23026.

David Fincher directed the film, and Quentin Tarantino wrote it. The two acclaimed directors are coming together for the first time.

Leonardo DiCaprio is not returning for the sequel. The trailer includes a joke that his character, Rick Dalton, got too fat for Cliff Booth to keep on as his stunt double.

It’s 1977. Eight years after “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The story is about Cliff Booth, a Hollywood fixer. He solves problems for the entertainment industry with his special talents. He is also a bartender and a movie projectionist.