From Metacritic:
"Venturing into somewhat more lighthearted territory after the twin critical successes of The Master and There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson adapts Thomas Pynchon’s period detective novel Inherent Vice. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Doc Sportello, a private eye passing his days in Gordita Beach, CA at the end of the psychedelic ’60s. When his ex-girlfriend (Katherine Waterston) comes calling with a story about a plot to kidnap her current billionaire boyfriend (Eric Roberts) and throw him in the nut house, well, Doc can’t keep himself from helping out an old flame. The impressive cast includes Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio Del Toro, Martin Short, Jena Malone, Michael K. Williams, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, and Joanna Newsom (who narrates the film). The notoriously camera-shy author is rumored to cameo as well. Early reviews have been good as Anderson once again jumps into a period-specific L.A. story with a huge ensemble cast—a cast on which the Independent Spirit Awards bestowed the Robert Altman Award, a fitting honor considering the legendary director’s influence on Anderson and, specifically, Inherent Vice. (Altman’s Philip Marlowe adaptation The Long Goodbye has been a touchstone for many critics, as has The Big Lebowski.)"Running time is 148 minutes.
