Inherent Vice

Sexy, seedy, and swirling, Inherent Vice is a hilariously louche and ramshackle psychedelic beach noir, a jubilant spin painting in which the characters have been scattered and splattered to the edges of the frame. Like spying in a stranger’s sketchbook, it’s radically befuddling, sometimes incoherent, frequently inspired, always offbeat: a film about a stoner which itself seems stoned.