Inept pot-smoking private investigator Larry 'Doc' Sportello cruises 1970s Los Angeles in search of easy money, free love and laid-back good times. But when his ex-girlfriend goes missing, Doc takes on his most baffling case ever and journeys into the dark heart of the City of Angels to get her back.
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
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RATE: MINUS STAR actuallyAn advise, do not waist your time or money on this....Score: 1/5
Don’t waste your moneyHorrible parody of a great genre. Don’t waste your money or your time. We could only watch about 15 minutes before we deleted it! We loved him in “Walk the line.” This is a long way down from that quality of performance or plot line..Score: 1/5
Worst movie everWorst movie i have ever seen. muddy and innocuous and no story and no plot and terrible acting by supposed actors. it was as if the film maker turned on the camera and let these people mumble anything they wanted to say. very very dumbed down moronic not even so bad it’s good feeling here.. just very VERY bad movie making. a 9 year old could make a better movie than this. it’s a rip off, save your money for something.. anything else..Score: 1/5
One of the Best Films of 2014If you like Boogie Nights you will like this. Like PT Anderson's classic Boogie Nights there are a lot of different elements to the film, all are interesting and entertaining. The acting is top notch too with Phoenix playing a counterculture private investigator. Definitely worth buying..Score: 5/5
Disorganized, Confusing, and BizarreI found the film tedious and very bizarre to say the least. The plot made no sense and the movie was very disorganized. It was very long and drawn out. There's too much dialogue and not enough action. I feel that you have to have a great deal of patience to appreciate this movie. I didn't like it at all and it wasn't worth the money I paid to watch it..Score: 1/5
Just give in to PynchonGreat film! Hilarious. Hard to follow, but it all pays off. This is definitely a stoner comedy, but way to intelligent to tell..Score: 4/5
Why Am I NOT Surprised with Rotten Tomatoes 72%Rotten Tomatoes found this movie to be worthy of 72% rating? Did somebody pay these hacks to write the reviews or just send them some real potent MARIJUANA? This film is a perfect reason to never visit a theater again..Score: 1/5
Do you understand?Desert Foxtrot… No disrespect intended… but do you understand the proclamation you are making? If your comparison to The Big Lebowski is incorrect in the slightest… Well, my friend, you will have tainted your review credibility forever. Fact..Score: 4/5
Holy F it suckedThe trailer portrayed the movie as a fun, quirky kind of movie (something along the lines of The Big Lebowski. It’s nothing like that. Let alone that this movie leads you down so many plot lines only to have them fizzle into nothing, it’s a period piece that the writer has done little to really capture. For one (and this is one of my biggest gripes about the latest in language faux pas), people in America in the ‘70s DID NOT SAY “GONE MISSING” when they meant “disappeared” or just “missing”!!! That is a recently imported phrase from the UK along with “spot on”. Try to be at least somewhat true to the times..Score: 1/5
Read the Book Twice, skip the Movie OnceIf You have had the pleasure of reading the most refreshing and funny books to come along since "Fight Club", you will be almost immediately disappointed in the first half-hour of watching this meandering and stumbling plod-given-plot, that you will be pulling out your hair asking, "Why, why, why?". Nothing gells here, everything that was humor, has been cast aside, I would presume for the director's bloated and overrated talent. By all means, skip and read the book again....that, I will guarantee you, will never dissatisfy..Score: 1/5
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Inherent SleazeExcellently acted, well filmed sleaze that is ultimately pointless. Film noir is a tricky venture and the film confirms this. Are we really that interested in depraved humans or a confusing plot?.Score: 3/5
Swing and a miss...Had high hopes as usually love the directors movies. But this time? The actors are committed but the movie just has no focus. Fell asleep at one point and don't think I missed anything....Score: 2/5
If you want to feel stupid...I truly don't understand why anyone would think that there's something to watch and enjoy here. While there were about three moments in which I actually thought there might be something to this, they in no way made up for the pain and confusion that I went through. Sadly, the first time I've written a review in many many years of watching is to warn people away from this stinker. I wish I had read the reviews instead of trusting the 72% Tomato reading..Score: 1/5
Inherent viceTottaly enjoyed this film. A tad "zany" & throurowly entertaining ;).Score: 5/5
Would've rather had a root canal.By far the worst film I've seen in a long time. Don't be fooled by the cast..Score: 1/5
Wow What a StinkerBoth of us watching could not understand what the main character was mumbling. We turned it off 2/3 of the way through … and then both realized we were lost in terms of understanding the plot. Stay away. Avoid..Score: 2/5
Inherent Vice is Inherently BadThe glib banter and anti-establishment paranoia and the social defiance and humor that went with that era (I lived through it in LA and other environs) is completely absent. The film is nothing like it really was back then. The book by Mr. Pynchon, with a little imagination, is quite good. And, as so often happens with adaptations, everything in this film is a mess. The acting from everyone is terrible (flat cliches, boring presentation, static delivery). The script is confusing. The editing generally bad. The sound track misses the point, and the voice-sound recording levels are poor. The overall direction is disorganized... and on and on. This has got to rate as one of the worst movies I have watched in five years. Everyone concerned with this project should be embarrassed by this mess..Score: 2/5
Huh?I liked the acting and the era setting. But the story and energy slowed things to a painful crawl. I enjoyed it for the first hour, after that though I couldn’t stop looking at the clock wondering if it was going anywhere or when it was going to be over..Score: 3/5
What a stink bombSo much star power, great period to act a story in (‘70s LA) coupled with a muddled plot line and incoherent dialogue. Someone in production must have paid for that Tomatometer rating. There is no way a regular audience would watch this movie and give it an aggregate score of 72%. Do yourself a favour and skip this one. blech.Score: 2/5
Overly long, rambling, muddled storyAt a running time of 2 1/2 hrs. way too long. This trip into druggy, hippy California in the 70's by way of a private eye story reminds me of The Big Sleep in that most of the plot remains unresolved. Lots of star cameos. Given Joaquin Phoenix's usually strange behavior, he probably just had to show up on the set vs. actually acting. Most interesting aspect is how well it shows that the 70's were the worst decade for fashion and culture, but that you could still get a cheap shack on the beach..Score: 2/5
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