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Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

Love usually leads to trouble.

2014•2h 29m•6.5/10
DramaMysteryComedy

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🎬TMDb
6.5/10(3K)

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

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Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, IAC Films, JoAnne Sellar Productions, Ghoulardi Film Company, RatPac Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix

Larry "Doc" Sportello

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Coy Harlingen

Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston

Shasta Fay Hepworth

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball

Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

Sauncho Smilax, Esq.

Jena Malone

Jena Malone

Hope Harlingen

Joanna Newsom

Joanna Newsom

Sortilège, who is also the narrator

Jordan Christian Hearn

Jordan Christian Hearn

Denis

Hong Chau

Hong Chau

Jade

Jeannie Berlin

Jeannie Berlin

Aunt Reet

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph

Petunia Leeway

Michael Kenneth Williams

Michael Kenneth Williams

Tariq Khalil

Martin Short

Martin Short

Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.

Sasha Pieterse

Sasha Pieterse

Japonica Fenway

Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan

Crocker Fenway

Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Michael Z. "Mickey" Wolfmann

Serena Scott Thomas

Serena Scott Thomas

Sloane Wolfmann

Christopher Allen Nelson

Christopher Allen Nelson

Glenn Charlock

Sam Jaeger

Sam Jaeger

Agent Flatweed

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