Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 94 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Inherent Vice is a sun-glared, neon-limned muddle of noir plotline and potheaded jokery that not only doesn't make sense, but actually seems to try hard not to.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
9 Jan 2015
rotten:
Although it's not as hermetic and impenetrable as The Master, Inherent Vice still comes off as a giant inside joke to anyone who hasn't read Pynchon's novel.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan 2015
fresh:
Joaquin Phoenix is perfectly cast as the perpetually befuddled Doc, a private detective of sorts who immerses himself in pot in the Los Angeles of 1970.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
9 Jan 2015
rotten:
Some storylines conclude, some collide, others dissipate. But the film's main crime is this: It's boring.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
9 Jan 2015
fresh:
Anderson moves further from conventional storytelling with each new film, and closer to something more intuitive, more damning, more true. He hasn't made it there yet. God help us when he does.