The Interview
Overview
The CIA recruits a talk-show host (James Franco) and his producer (Seth Rogen) to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in this comedy from writer/director duo Rogen and Evan Goldberg (THIS IS THE END). Franco plays Dave Skylark, a vapid talk-show host known for chasing celebrity gossip, while Rogen is his producer Aaron Rapaport, who's desperate to do more serious journalism. When Dave discovers that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (played here by Randall Park) is a big fan of his show, the pair decide to arrange an interview with him in order to boost their credibility. And the CIA, in turn, decide to use these two and the access they'll have to assassinate Kim. Aaron is all for it, but Dave is an easily swayed idiot who quickly falls under Kim's spell, and begins to see the dictator as a wounded man-child rather than someone worth killing.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Evan Goldberg - Director
Seth Rogen - Director
Seth Rogen
James Franco
Lizzy Caplan
Randall Park
Diana Bang
Timothy Simons
Reese Alexander
Anders Holm
Details
- Format: DVD (Ultraviolet Digital Copy)
- Run Time: 112
- UPC: 043396439917
- Genre: COMEDIES
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: February 2015
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[T]he North Korea scenes are often very funny, with many of the jokes coming at the expense of the fish-out-of-water visitors." - 12/24/2014 A.V. Club
"[R]idiculously over-the-top and cartoonishly goofy....THE INTERVIEW sticks to the anything-for-a-laugh plan for nearly the entire journey..." - 01/01/2015 Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "THE INTERVIEW hits the sweet spot for raunchy fun and spiky lampooning because Franco and Rogen are effing hilarious and fearless about swinging for the fences." - 12/24/2014 Rolling Stone
"[T]he humor is generally harmless and even endearing, especially when Skylark winds up bonding with Kim..." - 12/24/2014 Washington Post
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