Inherent Vice
Joaquin 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.
- Director:
- Paul Thomas Anderson ('There Will be Blood', 'Boogie Nights')
- Writer:
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cast:
- Joaquin PhoenixJena MaloneReese WitherspoonSasha PieterseJosh BrolinOwen WilsonWilson BethelBenicio Del ToroMaya RudolphMartin Short
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressA 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”)...
Total Film
pressIf not quite on a par with PTA’s best, this is still a richly intoxicating brew of humour, violence and melancholy.
Time Out
pressIt's a film you sink into, like a haze on the road, even as it jerks you along with spikes of humor.
The Telegraph
pressAs 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.
The Guardian
pressAnderson has all manner of fun with the tale's whirling, blurring trajectory.
The Dissolve
pressIt all serves a portrait of 1970 California that mixes absurdity with an air of looming cataclysm...
Empire Magazine
pressJust relax and let this beautiful, haunting, hilarious, chaotic, irritating and possibly profound tragicomedy wash over you. There is nothing else out there like it.
Variety
pressA 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”)...
Total Film
pressIf not quite on a par with PTA’s best, this is still a richly intoxicating brew of humour, violence and melancholy.
Time Out
pressIt's a film you sink into, like a haze on the road, even as it jerks you along with spikes of humor.
The Telegraph
pressAs 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.
The Guardian
pressAnderson has all manner of fun with the tale's whirling, blurring trajectory.
The Dissolve
pressIt all serves a portrait of 1970 California that mixes absurdity with an air of looming cataclysm...
Empire Magazine
pressJust relax and let this beautiful, haunting, hilarious, chaotic, irritating and possibly profound tragicomedy wash over you. There is nothing else out there like it.
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