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Lucas

I regret ever watching this film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 September 2017

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Honestly, do not waste two and a half hours of your life on this pointless, unfunny and painfully slow film. I am a massive fan of several of Paul Thomas Anderson's previous films, with the exception of Hard Eight and the Master, but Inherent Vice is absolutely the worst of the lot.

I have read reviews that say "you'll get it if you read the book" and "you're not supposed to understand the plot"!!! What?! Why would someone actually make a film that has a plot not a single viewer can ever understand what happens at all? How can anyone involved in this film be proud of what they've done - which is deliberately deceive audiences by making this intentionally poor film without a distinguishable plot and no character depth at all and seeing how many "pretentious" people will buy it.

I was confused for the entirety of the 2 hours and 28 minute run time, however I was convinced that it was my fault for not getting it, so I stupidly carried on to the end. The film made absolutely no sense at all. I couldnt understand why so many characters were picked up and dropped and none of them had any real development or even context in the story. It started off promisingly with the kidnapping of his ex girlfriend and her new millionaire boyfriend, but after that I couldn't really tell you what happened. There were so many continuity errors and unexplained events and there was no arc to the story at all. There were a handful of actually really funny moments, but for a film this long that sparsity is really unforgivably appalling.

Some great acting performances, such as from Josh Brolin and Reese Witherspoon (although I don't really know what Witherspoon's relevance was in the film) were completely wasted here. Joaquin Phoenix was pretty annoying most of the way through as the main character whose name I have already forgotten. He had no clear motives or mindset towards anything he did throughout the entire film. There was no consistency in his relationships with the people around him. The dialogue consisted of mostly boring conversations that went on for way too long and didn't make any sense. Also, who were Owen Wilson and Benicio Del Toro's characters? I could not understand why either of them were in the film in the first place.

The script was self indulgent and unengaging and was largely instantly forgettable. I don't think I could tell you a single line of dialogue uttered by any of the countless actors. I was even shocked at how average the camerawork was. I would've expected that to be impressive at the very least from Paul Thomas Anderson.

I have never felt so strongly about disliking a film before. Paul Thomas Anderson is my favourite director so I am in disbelief that he could put out such an abomination of a film. I wish I'd spent that two and a half hours rewatching Boogie Nights. Please do not watch this film. I deeply regret ever watching it.

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"chrisbriggs3"

One Star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2015

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Whoever mixed/dubbed the dialogue for this movie should hang their head in shame..

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Billt

don't mumble

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2016

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couldn't understand a word the actors said

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The Artist

Inherent Vice. Inherent &$*#.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 March 2017

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I don't recall the last time I switched off a film halfway through... oh wait, yes I do, it was last week and it was this one.

From the trailer it appeared to be a cleverly written story with long conversations in the style of Tarantino, but it's so very far from that. After the opening scene where the guy with the mutton chops (I forget their names because the characters aren't memorable) mentions something about trying to find his ex-wife, you would expect that to be the plot. But it's not, because there doesn't seem to be one. The following scenes don't seem to link to the first scene and he ends up talking to 'Spanish Brad Pitt', Benicio Del Toro about a ship, then he speaks Reece Witherspoon about something or other that also doesn't matter. Then he gets framed for a murder at a whorehouse, but that's kind of shrugged off, then I went to get a glass of water.

When I returned it was still on, so I did a long sigh and checked the box again.

The mutton chops guy goes to see a lady with big teeth and gets handed a photo of her baby, which results in a genuinely funny reaction from him. You can see that on the trailer, so don't think I'm recommending anything based on that.

After four hours, at around the one hour mark, I was starting to regret buying the film. I know it's supposed to be drug-fuelled and a little incoherent, but it's completely unwatchable because it's too much that way.

My advice is to get the book, because it doesn't give off the same fumes when you burn it.

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