Perfectly written and executed movie Inherent Vice

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the finest directors of our generation and this movie – Inherent Vice is his first adaptation of a novel by Thomas Pynchon and his seventh Hollywood feature film. The movie rotates around the life of a private detective Larry “Doc” Sportello played by Joaquin Phoenix who brings his career best performance so far. Anderson’s previous work speaks for his style and innovative way of storytelling. This movie is set in LA with the background of the 60’s and 70’s and the characters are wild and personified with great screenplay.

The story begins and revolves around when the ex girlfriend of “Doc” comes to him saying that his current lover who is a billionaire is missing and she doubts the hand of his current lover’s wife and her boyfriend. The story turns into a psychedelic adventure with a host of wild characters like ocean surfers, street hustlers, drug addicts, Rockers and LAPD detectives in the late 60’s.

The “Doc” is a private detective who is in a relaxed state but all hell breaks loose into a hardcore action fiesta when his ex lover steps in with a compelling story about his current lover who is a billionaire business man played by Eric Roberts is being plotted by his wife and her boyfriend to put him into a mental asylum. Then with a twist of “Docs” former lady’s disappearance his character is put into a web of activities across the city. The search for his former lady love takes him into a world of love, betrayal, drugs and action.

The cast has many huge accomplished actors like Academy award winners Reese Witherspoon who plays a Defense attorney and Benicio Del Toro as a lawyer. The talented and dashing Josh Brolin is the condescending cop. The entire movie Phoenix’s performance keeps you intact and with many dark turns and surprises one has to watch this movie with a plan.

Anderson’s brilliance and boldness is seen because the movie is completely made with his style and is perfect execution of Thomas Pynchon’s master piece on screen is appreciated. This movie will surely make into the Oscar race.

More about Movie:

Inherent Vice is a 2014 American crime comedy-drama film directed and adapted for screen by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Maya Rudolph, and Martin Short. It is the first feature film adapted from a work by Pynchon. The film premiered at the 2014 New York Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on December 12, 2014. Read more on Wikipedia.

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