Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterstone, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Mava Rudolph, Martin Short |
Director |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
Screenplay | Paul Thomas Anderson, from the novel by Thomas Pynchon |
Music | Jonny Greenwood |
Cinematography | Robert Elswit |
Editing | Leslie Jones |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2014 |
Produced by | Ghoulardi Film Company, IAC Films, Warner Bros. |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Strong impact, fairly frequent |
Nudity | Strong impact, infrequent |
Sex | Moderate to strong, infrequent |
Violence | Infrequent, moderate impact |
Prejudice | Low impact, infrequent |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None (sic) |
Comments | |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 18 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Bollocks or brilliant, but you can't just ignore it. | 10 | |
Cape Times Todd McCarthy A wayward knight. | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 43 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 199 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Inherent Vice may prove frustrating for viewers who demand absolute coherence, but it does justice to its acclaimed source material -- and should satisfy fans of director P.T. Anderson. | 14 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 14 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Frustrating but fascinating drama has drugs, sex, language. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 203 users | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes users 27313 users | 11 | |
Internet 24541 Netizens Instant cult classic | 14 | |
Average .. 64% | 13 |