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A groovy, richly funny stoner romp that has less in common with “The Big Lebowski” than with the strain of fatalistic, ’70s-era California noirs (“Chinatown,” “The Long Goodbye,” “Night Moves”)...
Full reviewJoaquin Phoenix reteams with The Master director P.T. Anderson to play pothead private investigator 'Doc' Sportello in a shaggy dog detective film set in 1969. Based on Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel, co-starring Jena Malone, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro and Maya Rudolph.
A groovy, richly funny stoner romp that has less in common with “The Big Lebowski” than with the strain of fatalistic, ’70s-era California noirs (“Chinatown,” “The Long Goodbye,” “Night Moves”)...
Full reviewIf not quite on a par with PTA’s best, this is still a richly intoxicating brew of humour, violence and melancholy.
Full reviewIt's a film you sink into, like a haze on the road, even as it jerks you along with spikes of humor.
Full reviewAs antic as Boogie Nights and Punch-Drunk Love, but with The Master and There Will Be Blood’s uncanny feel for the swell and ebb of history.
Full reviewAnderson has all manner of fun with the tale's whirling, blurring trajectory.
Full reviewIt all serves a portrait of 1970 California that mixes absurdity with an air of looming cataclysm...
Full reviewJust relax and let this beautiful, haunting, hilarious, chaotic, irritating and possibly profound tragicomedy wash over you. There is nothing else out there like it.
Full reviewInherent Vice is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon Rentals.
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