Inherent Vice (2014)Full movie online

Inherent Vice

Genre
Drama

cast: josh Brolin,joaquin phoenix
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson

In theaters : December 12, 2014 

 Inherent Vice just caves under the weight of a bloated and extremely confusing narrative.  There are some fantastic visuals, the costume and production design are stellar and the film’s score is downright brilliant, but it’s hard to appreciate it all because trying to solve the mystery requires so much effort.  That opening scene with Doc and Shasta isn’t the only one with characters zinging new names and key information back and forth.  Almost every single part of the film does it.  There’s no moment to breathe and process the information so ultimately, the film hits a point where there’s such a backlog of detail to sort through that you just give up.

Simply put, I did not enjoy watching Inherent Vice.  There are some fun scenes that are successful as standalone entities and a number of praiseworthy technical components, but it’s just too exhausting to keep up with the mystery and in the end, you’re not even rewarded for your effort.  The whole way through, you’re waiting for this aha moment to pull it all together, but it never comes and then the movie ends.

I wish they had given us that pamphlet with all that character information prior to the screening because there are so many details in there that might have given me the broader understanding of the situation I needed to just let loose, play along and enjoy more of Anderson’s accomplishments.  Perhaps Inherent Vice is a piece that will shine more and more through subsequent viewings, but having just endured the mind-boggling 148 minutes this morning, I doubt that’ll happen anytime soon.     Inherent Vice movie trailer

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