The film centers on Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix),
a pothead private investigator that becomes involved with a case about the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend's new love interest.
However, if there's one director who may finally be up to the challenge, it's Paul Thomas Anderson: Vulture reports that the director of Magnolia and There Will Be Blood is interested in tackling Pynchon's Inherent Vice, his 2009 noir about a paranoid,
pothead private detective dealing with a mystery involving his ex-lover and a shadowy organization known as the Golden Fang.
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the UK this year: Joaquin Phoenix's
pothead private eye lurches between a wild bunch of star cameos in Paul Thomas Anderson's hugely enjoyable Pynchon crime caper
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in Australia this year: Joaquin Phoenix's
pothead private eye lurches between a wild bunch of star cameos in Paul Thomas Anderson's hugely enjoyable Pynchon crime caper
Set in the seedy underworld of 1970s Los Angeles, Joaquin Phoenix stars as Larry «Doc» Sportello,
a pothead private investigator who receives a visit one night from his free - spirited ex-girlfriend, Shasta Fay Hepworth (Katherine Waterson), requesting help with a personal matter.
As
pothead private eye Doc Sportello, Joaquin Phoenix is grubby, raunchy and amusing throughout.
Not exact matches
Inherent Vice follows Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix), a
pothead and
private investigator who is approached by his ex-girlfriend, Shasta Fay Hepworth (Katherine Waterson), to look into her lover's disappearance.