The Interview (2014)

Excellent but underrated film

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Risky movie to make, but absolutely hilarious to watch.

'The Interview' - film commentaryJust why a reputable company like SONY chose to produce this film is beyond me. Nor can I see why Canadian film development authorities had any part in its production for it is one of the most vulgar films in recent memory. If anything, "The Interview" speaks more about the moral depravity of its producers and the decadent society that would defend such a piece of propagandist vulgarity than it does about its subject, Kim Jong Un, ruler of North Korea. You have to ask yourself what the intent of the producers was. Was it to show the world the moral vacuity that exists in Hollywood? Was it to hasten the ethical decline of a society that is already perceived world-wide as having no moral authority left? If so, it succeeds. Not only is the film filled with references to homosexuality, bestiality, sexual exploitation, it shows just how far American English has deteriorated, especially among the media who ought to be upholding standards in communication, not degrading them. The film is filled with language for which we used to get our mouths washed out. But then this is contemporary America, and you hear vulgarity in TV programs like "Breaking Bad" - degenerate language, illustrative of degenerated minds, symptomatic of a society gone rotten. And members of this society feel themselves superior to those of North Korea? I realize what defenders of this film are likely to argue. They will say they are working within a tradition of satire, the kind practiced by Francois Rabelais; they will claim that the grotesque, the crude, and the bawdy are all part of the fun, part of a clever artistic tradition. Perhaps. But the world at large doesn't understand this. Instead, it will see this film, and other products of American culture, as an expression of the American soul, or what's left of it. And the resulting impression isn't very uplifting or respectable. Defenders of the movie will say Charlie Chaplin did something like it in the satirical film, "The Great Dictator." But I don't buy it. To me "The Interview" is deliberately vulgar and shocking to generate controversy and cash flow. It's all about making money. It's not art. The film's defenders will say they are upholding freedom of speech. What speech? If this is how America has to do to defend its values, there cannot be much left worth defending. For a long time now, American popular entertainment has not been reflective of its cultural best. On the contrary. Hollywood had led the moral decline of a nation that was once emulated. Today the global image of America (spread by Hollywood) is one of unprecedented violence, vulgarity, anti-intelligence, and bad taste, an impression of a mindless, shameless society undergoing economic and moral decline. Perhaps "The Interview" will be remembered for contributing to such impressions. I had expected better of SONY, but perhaps the company has succumbed to the diseased atmosphere of Hollywood.

I saw this in 2017 and didn't expect much. The first 1/4 of the film was quite poor, as it was dominated with cliché jokes.BUT then the film really picks up and I laughed a lot. The last half of the film, especially the last 1/4, are just great television. Funny and great action scenes.If you want to watch a good comedy then this is the one for you. Lower your expectations and survive the first 1/4 of the film and you will be golden.

this is a good movie in my opinion as i am someone who likes seat rodger comedy but i really don't think kim jhon ewn really deserved this blow, i get that most people hate him but i think he had a right to be mad. kimmy only wanted to make America great again and although i don't know much about politics and stuff i don't know what the problem with the wall is, it worked keeping the rabbits out of chink-land way back when so why cant it work in 'merica??? I'm only a simple Australian but it seems as though from what i've seen in grand theft auto America could really use good leader like kim jin eel, (maybe he can take care of that dilf Trevor Philips(Trevor isn't a dad but he can be my daddy any day amaright?)) anyway i wouldn't take the politics too seriously in this movie but enjoy the anal stuff so you can get the most of this film. although apparently he banned it from ever being sold tho so maybe i imagined buying the DVD and watching it?? maybe I'm wrong about all this????