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Inherent Vice (2014)

R12/12/2014Drama, Mystery, Comedy2h 29m

Love usually leads to trouble.

Overview

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Joaquin Phoenix

    Larry "Doc" Sportello

  2. Cast 1

    Josh Brolin

    Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen

  3. Cast 1

    Owen Wilson

    Coy Harlingen

  4. Cast 1

    Katherine Waterston

    Shasta Fay Hepworth

  5. Cast 1

    Reese Witherspoon

    Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball

  6. Cast 1

    Benicio del Toro

    Sauncho Smilax, Esq.

  7. Cast 1

    Jena Malone

    Hope Harlingen

  8. Cast 1

    Joanna Newsom

    Sortilège, who is also the narrator

  9. Cast 1

    Jordan Christian Hearn

    Denis

'Inherent Vice' is the next feature film from Paul Thomas Anderson and you can tell. It boasts a great soundtrack, brilliant acting and a very convoluted story as it tells the story of a private detective (Phoenix) as he investigates into the disappearance of a former girlfriend. The screenplay is very confusing. It is hard to follow and purposely so as it introduces many characters and multiple stories but I have heard that this aspect of the screenplay is very true to the original source material. All I could do was admit that the film was too bewildering and to enjoy the many jokes and h...