
During 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.... (Full plot summary below)
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During 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.
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| The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe film is stupendous: 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. |
| Columbus AliveBrad KeefeWhen you stop looking at the forest, you'll see the beauty in the trees. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussA detective story in which a skunky marijuana fog replaces the acrid haze of gun smoke and the spill of stems and seeds is more likely than the spill of blood. |
| EntertainmentTellStephen SilverFirst things first: the plot doesn't matter. It it all adds up to a breathtaking achievement- my pick for the best film of 2014. |
| Chicago ReaderBen SachsMore than just an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel, the film engages with the author's literature on the whole, attempting a filmic analogue to his virtuosic prose. |
| Sacramento News & ReviewDaniel BarnesFor all its dizzy detachment, the film packs an insidious emotional wallop, one that may not be felt until well after impact. |
| Dallas Morning NewsChris VognarInherent Vice lives happily on the outer limits, where the noir form and its history are at least as important as the content. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussInherent Vice" is often an uproarious trip. It's like a Big Lebowski with twice the brainpower on more -- and better -- drugs. |
| Linoleum KnifeAlonso DuraldeI get why some people will love this movie, but for me, sitting through it was an absolute chore. |
| About.comJames RocchiSo, yes, if you watch inherent Vice as a whodunnit, you'll be disappointed -- but if you watch not as a whodunnit but rather as a whahappened, it's a film that's both funny and freaky, a pitch-perfect portrait of a time that never was. |