The Interview

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The Interview

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Released Jan 2, 2015

1h 51m

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Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) are the team behind the popular tabloid-TV show "Skylark Tonight." After learning that North Korea's Kim Jong Un (Randall Park) is a huge fan of the show, they successfully set up an interview with him, hoping to legitimize themselves as actual journalists. However, as Dave and Aaron prepare for their journey to Pyongyang, the CIA steps in, recruits them, and assigns them an incredible mission: Assassinate the dictator.

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Critics Consensus

Unfortunately overshadowed by controversy (and under-screened as a result), The Interview's screenplay offers middling laughs bolstered by its two likable leads.

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Emily St. James

Vox

Even the film's most ardent champions would likely concede that The Interview is a spectacularly weird film to end up at the center of a free speech brouhaha.

Sep 26, 2016

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

It's funny and strange, with an admirably gonzo sensibility, and it approaches the job of mocking Kim with the appropriate degree of joy-buzzer delight.

Jun 7, 2016

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Scott Marks

San Diego Reader

The suffocating level of redundancy on display kneecaps any legitimate chance the film had at embracing social satire.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 20, 2015

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A funny, silly, stupid comedy that will make some people laugh, others not so much. Any response beyond that is an overreaction.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 13, 2022

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Q.V. Hough

Vague Visages

The Interview will impress many when the mood turns serious, but these faux-moments of shrewdness come only after the non-stop, over-the-top antics from James Franco.

Jun 27, 2022

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

If you want a real envelope-pushing, controversial, yet uproariously funny movie in your life right now, then go seek out (or revisit) the truly anarchic Team America: World Police.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 8, 2021

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Paul L

baby you're a firework

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/25

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Nate D

I’m only rating this movie a decade after it came out (and having watched it several times) because I went on Peacock to watch it and they showed it has ratings of 48% and 51%. That’s just wrong. For some reason a lot of reviews, including the “critic consensus” (as if movie critics ever get good/bad movies right), mention the North Korea Sony hack and subsequent controversy as if that has anything to do with the quality of the movie. This thing is just fun, pure and simple. Yes it’s stupid, yes it’s absurd, but this is ridiculously fun watch. I saw it when it came out in theaters and I’ve watched it with friends several times since then, and every time it is just cracking up with the boys nonstop. It’s not groundbreaking and it doesn’t belong in the Library of Congress but it delivers exactly what it promises.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Rosana B

Um péssimo filme de comédia de ação e sátira política norte-americana.... Quando parecia que ia ser bom, fica muito ruim, e só piora no seu decorrer, perdi o interesse na primeira metade, me arrastei despreocupadamente até a segunda… Entrevista da celebridade e Eminem não é homoafetivo… James Franco e Seth Rogen num filme bomba, pobis… Fraco...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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Alfred Junior T

Makes it a good storyline with Franco and Rogen and the production was a good idea

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Joshua P

Pretty good film! I really liked it. Not a big fan of the whole "two lovable dumbasses from different lives become friends only for them to betray each other", it was done ok here though, Great soundtrack, I love the White Stripes. Seth Rogen is great, I love him.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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Allen F

This is a masterclass genius film that broke the internet and nearly caused international conflict. That is funny enough in and of itself. Great writing and fun acting. The story is perfect in its message. Hilarious film and really underrated

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/26/24

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Synopsis

Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) are the team behind the popular tabloid-TV show "Skylark Tonight." After learning that North Korea's Kim Jong Un (Randall Park) is a huge fan of the show, they successfully set up an interview with him, hoping to legitimize themselves as actual journalists. However, as Dave and Aaron prepare for their journey to Pyongyang, the CIA steps in, recruits them, and assigns them an incredible mission: Assassinate the dictator.

Director: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Producer: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
Screenwriter: Dan Sterling
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Point Grey
Rating: R (Crude and Sexual Humor|Bloody Violence|Nudity|Pervasive Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 2, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 3, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.1M
Runtime: 1h 51m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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