One of my all time favorites.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Blistering performances.

This movie wasn't made to be understood by everyone. And, for those that don't, I feel sorry.

Great score by Greenwood but strange use of existing songs. The play very long through various sequences and don't seem to follow any deep purpose. E.g. Can's Vitamin C.

Sorry, I'm just writing here to correct some of the idiots on this website. Do you really think that the amazing PTA would accidentally make the plot hard to follow? No he wouldn't. It was a conscious choice from PTA so it would be faithful to the book it was based apon by Thomas Pynchon. The book and film aren't really about the plot that the audience is desperately trying to follow, it's about the paranoia and the fear of unknown during the transitional period from the 60's to the 70's, with the war on drugs, the hippy life style coming to an end (poor doc), the Charles Manson killings all happening at the same time. Everyone during this period, like our main character and many of the other characters in the film, was at a stage of confusion as they tried to piece together what was happening in the world, who to trust etc. Which is also exactly what the audience is trying to do as well, it's quite genius if you think about it that way. Proving that Inherent Vice is a notable candidate in PTA's hall of fame. Also don't complain about the fact its hard to pin point a genre on this, when was the last time you've seen a PTA film and have actually managed to label its precise genre.

A private investigator with a love of vice is drawn into a dark and convoluted world of crime and corruption through his love of a woman who used to be his girlfriend. Some sort of modern noir, absolutely brand new in its candid depiction of everything the original noirs only hinted at, but also delighting in the ridiculous tropes of the genre. Leading us in directions we didn't expect and don't necessarily understand, the connections pile up like the ash of a joint and at the end we are left a little dazed and confused.