Inherent Vice

A rather complex and convoluted plotline. A doctor who sidelines as a private eye gets a suprise visit from his ex. She has a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin. Things get more involved as new characters are introduced who all have connections to each other and to the case, leaving the doctor to try and figure out exactly what is going on.

148 minutes.
No persons under 18 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Drug abuse).
Crime, Detective/Mystery, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

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.

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

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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ScreenIt Report (USA)

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

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 18 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

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