Inherent Vice
Directed by Paul Thomas AndersonDuring the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thomas Pynchon.
Inherent Vice Ratings & Reviews
- HgmvhfOctober 14, 2025You will wander through a collection of realizations about what this movie is. Who it is making fun of. What it is saying or not saying about other movies that say or don't say important things about civilization's fall or the nature of humanity or something you forgot. But this movie isn't any of those things and it isn't doing any of those things. It just is what you thought it wasn't.
- hairydemonOctober 11, 2025boring, and so pleased with itself it was sickening. Half a star for what? I dunno.
- JariWezerOctober 7, 2025This movie felt like an inside joke that I wasn't privy to
- wdamsOctober 3, 2025Brilliant
- Jonathon PackSeptember 19, 2025Without a doubt this needs to be watched more than once to understand what all is happening, but the runtime is too long so I don't want to. I love that Joaquin Phoenix is totally different here than in any other film I've seen him in. The 70's look like a crazy time.
- Richard Scott LongSeptember 17, 2025Talk about star studded! Great movie.
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Inherent Vice Trivia
Inherent Vice was released on December 12, 2014.
Inherent Vice was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Inherent Vice has a runtime of 2 hr 28 min.
Inherent Vice was produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, JoAnne Sellar.
The key characters in Inherent Vice are Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix), Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen (Josh Brolin), Coy Harlingen (Owen Wilson).
Inherent Vice is rated R.
Inherent Vice is a Drama, Comedy, Romance film.
Inherent Vice has an audience rating of 5.3 out of 10.