Inherent Vice
“Love usually leads to trouble.”
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Inherent Vice performed
Budget
$20.0M
Worldwide Gross
$14.8M
Gross Profit
−$5.2M
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Larry "Doc" Sportello
Joaquin Phoenix
Larry "Doc" Sportello
Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Josh Brolin
Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Coy Harlingen
Owen Wilson
Coy Harlingen
Shasta Fay Hepworth
Katherine Waterston
Shasta Fay Hepworth
Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
Reese Witherspoon
Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
Benicio del Toro
Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
Hope Harlingen
Jena Malone
Hope Harlingen
Sortilège, who is also the narrator
Joanna Newsom
Sortilège, who is also the narrator
Denis
Jordan Christian Hearn
Denis
Jade
Hong Chau
Jade
Aunt Reet
Jeannie Berlin
Aunt Reet
Petunia Leeway
Maya Rudolph
Petunia Leeway
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