Inherent Vice (2014)
Love usually leads to trouble.
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Inherent Vice rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.6/10· 119K votes
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic81%
TMDb6.543/10· 3K votesWith 73% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 81/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Inherent Vice
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Cast of Inherent Vice
Joaquin Phoenix
as Larry "Doc" Sportello
Josh Brolin
as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Owen Wilson
as Coy Harlingen
Katherine Waterston
as Shasta Fay Hepworth
Reese Witherspoon
as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
Benicio del Toro
as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
Jena Malone
as Hope Harlingen
Joanna Newsom
as Sortilège, who is also the narrator
Jordan Christian Hearn
as Denis
Hong Chau
as Jade
Jeannie Berlin
as Aunt Reet
Maya Rudolph
as Petunia Leeway
Inherent Vice facts
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $14.8M
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