Review of Inherent Vice (2014) by Brent_Marchant — 10 Jan 2015

A largely disappointing stoner noir crime comedy that promises more laughs in its trailer than it actually delivers in the finished product. When the movie is on, it's hilarious, but those bits are so few and far between that it hardly seems worth it, especially since the narrative padding linking those moments is so uninteresting and convoluted that no one really cares.

The film ultimately comes across like an attempted fusion of "The Big Lebowski" and "American Hustle" but doesn't come close to matching the quality of either of its predecessors.