The Interview

Their trip to North Korea just went south.

Sony's 'problematic' movie did not seem to attract any hostility here, unlike in the USA where North Korea was offically upset. When a popular TV journalist and his producer discover that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is a fan of their show, they manage to land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As they prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the two least-qualified men imaginable, to assassinate Kim Jong-un. Expect plenty of below-the-belt humour.

113 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Action, Comedy.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	James Franco, Seth Rogen, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park, Diana Bang, Timothy Simons, Reese Alexander
Director	Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Screenplay	Dan Sterling, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Music	Henry Jackman
Cinematography	Brandon Trost
Editing	Zene Baker, Evan Henke
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Made in	2014
Produced by	Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Point Grey Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy
Language	Strong, frequent
Nudity	Mild, infrequent
Sex	Low to mild, isolated
Violence	Strong, frequent
Prejudice	Low impact, infrequent
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 17 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 32 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 97 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Unfortunately overshadowed by controversy (and under-screened as a result), The Interview's screenplay offers middling laughs bolstered by its two likable leads.	11
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Not-so-political comedy concentrates on vulgar jokes.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 456 users	12
Rottentomatoes users 50525 users	12
Internet 160187 Netizens Dumb and Dumber do The Interview	14
Average .. 55%	11