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

Joaquin Phoenix
as Larry "Doc" Sportello

Josh Brolin
as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen

Owen Wilson
as Coy Harlingen

Katherine Waterston
as Shasta Fay Hepworth

Reese Witherspoon
as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball

Benicio del Toro
as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.

Jena Malone
as Hope Harlingen

Joanna Newsom
as Sortilège, who is also the narrator

Jordan Christian Hearn
as Denis

Hong Chau
as Jade
mattwilde123
'Inherent Vice' is the next feature film from Paul Thomas Anderson and you can tell. It boasts a great soundtrack, brilliant acting and a very convoluted story as it tells the story of a private detective (Phoenix) as he investigates into the disappearance of a former girlfriend. The screenplay i...
GenerationofSwine
I kind of feel that Anderson lends himself to a film like this. He uses a lot of extreme wide angles and if you ever smoked a little dope in college the world looks a little like when you mount that 18mm on your SLR. His choice of lenses lends itself to telling the story of a guy like Doc without go...