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Inherent Vice
2014 149 min United States of America R 18+
★7.2
Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
📖 Based on the novel
«Inherent Vice»
byThomas Pynchon
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Description
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Budget:
$20M
US Gross:
$8.11M
Worldwide:
$14.81M
Starring
Joaquin Phoenix
Actor
Josh Brolin
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Owen Wilson
Actor
Awards
Academy Awards 2015
— Best Costume Design
Academy Awards 2015
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Saturn Awards 2015
— Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe 2015
— Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)
Saturn Awards 2015
— Best Action/Adventure Film
Key opinion
Inherent Vice is a polarizing, meticulously crafted adaptation that mirrors the disjointed, hallucinatory experience of its drug-addled protagonist. While supporters praise its atmospheric immersion, authentic 1970s aesthetic, and Joaquin Phoenix’s masterful performance, detractors find the narrative overly opaque and the pacing stagnant.
| Acting | Joaquin Phoenix provides a transformative, nuanced performance that effectively anchors the film's chaotic energy. | |
| Production | The cinematography and production design excel at capturing an authentic, immersive 1970s California atmosphere. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay’s extreme complexity and fragmented structure divide viewers between those who enjoy the hallucinatory, non-linear experience and those who find it confusing or hollow. | |
| Pacing | The film's leisurely, drug-hazed pacing is either celebrated as a stylistic choice that rewards patient viewers or criticized as an exhausting, tedious experience. |