Joaquin Phoenix reteams with The Master director P.T. Anderson to play pothead private investigator 'Doc' Sportello in a shaggy dog detective film...
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.
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74 %256 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
53 %32,550 reviewsAudience score rating
"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”)..."
Variety"If not quite on a par with PTA’s best, this is still a richly intoxicating brew of humour, violence and melancholy."
Total Film"It's a film you sink into, like a haze on the road, even as it jerks you along with spikes of humor."
Time Out"As 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 Telegraph"Anderson has all manner of fun with the tale's whirling, blurring trajectory."
The Guardian"It all serves a portrait of 1970 California that mixes absurdity with an air of looming cataclysm..."
The Dissolve"Just relax and let this beautiful, haunting, hilarious, chaotic, irritating and possibly profound tragicomedy wash over you. There is nothing else out there like it."
Empire MagazineInherent Vice | Details
- Runtime
- 149
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- USA
