HOME
MOVIES
TV Shows
In Theatres
SEARCH
FRESH
QUEUE
The Interview
2014
MOVIE IS
important
hilarious
unpredictable
comedic
sensitive
Close Video
watch now
Reviews
similar movies
cast & crew
tags
47 %
51 %
Rotten
$ 12 Million
See Where to Watch
The Interview
Positive Reviews
56
Negative reviews
27
Average Rating
2.8
/5
important
hilarious
unpredictable
comedic
sensitive
All
Positive
Negative
3.5
But the North Korea scenes are often very funny, with many of the jokes coming at the expense of the fish out of water visitors.
Av Club
1.5
READ MORE: Was Sony Hacking Behind Latest Piracy Scare Variety: North Korea can rest easy: America comes off looking at least as bad as the DPRK in Th ..
Indie Wire
2.5
Some of the humor works in a throw everything at the wall and see what sticks kind of way, but most gags drag on for such an uncomfortably long stretc ..
We Got This Covered
2.5
Broadly funny and well acted, the film lands some well placed jabs more often at the expense of American values than North Korean politics.
Austin Chronicle
4.0
And therein lies the genius of The Interview: It isnt just the most sophisticated and beautifully shot of Rogens star vehicles, its also the most gidd ..
Time Out
2.5
The double act gets worked pretty hard this time out and the result is a film thats funny in spots with a few touches of mild political satire but sel ..
Screen Daily
4.5
It is in its way a modern Hope and Crosby comedy with gross out gags and no songs.
Vulture
3.9
Though its unlikely to stand out as one of the shrewdest political satires of its time, is a clever, unrestrained and most importantly sidesplitting p ..
IGN
4.0
Its not quite Team America: Part Two, but it comes from the same corrosively funny place.
Telegraph
3.0
Real life geopolitical blunders aside, The Interview generally hits its marks.
Ny Daily News
2.5
Park shifts Kims personality between egomaniacal dictator and absurdly hip and sensitive man with expert timing, and is an all around standout of the ..
Screen Rant
4.0
Its far too broad and far too crude.But one thing is absolutely certain: The film is not a dangerous weapon, or a tool for anti Korean propaganda.
Philly
3.1
Christmas Day, thousands of Americans filled theaters to see a Japanese corporations movie by a Canadian director mocking the dictator of North Korea. ..
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
Continuing their quest for rude and crude entertainment, the pair remains fixated on cursing and bloodshed with their follow up, working to hit high p ..
Blu Ray
2.5
The mismatch of ideas doesnt work against the movie too much, considering that Dan Sterlings screenplay is itself a hodgepodge of comic ideas.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Far more lame and boring than incendiary, The Interview is not very clever, funny or well made.
Usa Today
2.8
Its all quite silly and enjoyable, except for the graphic violence in the film.
Lariat
3.8
Its a totally silly, juvenile movie delivered by some very goofy, mischievous guys.
News Review
2.0
The film itself is strangely misconceived, tasteless and only very intermittently funny.
Independent
3.5
It is this satirical emasculation of their Supreme Leader that should give Pyongyang the greatest cause for concern.
Independent
4.0
If they shake hands with Kim, the poison will be ingested and theyll have 12 hours to get out of Korea.Easy peasy.
Independent
3.1
Its mission is merely to make audiences piss themselves laughing.At that it succeeds.
Rolling Stone
2.5
What weighs down The Interview is the bane of so many modern American comedies: youve got smart, funny people who seem to think that whatever they mak ..
The Wrap
2.5
Like their affable, ignorant characters, Rogen and Franco seem in way over their heads with The Interview.
News Day
3.5
If youre curious, the movie that has North Korea so upset is genuinely amusing, if flawed in the length department.
Film Journal
3.0
We dont have a better plan youre going to have to stick it up your ass.
The Guardian
2.0
But after a promisingly crass start, the film runs out of ideas and after some T&A material and violent slapstick, winds up in a mood of plumply senti ..
The Guardian
3.0
Not all the jokes land, and some of the tastelessness may inspire groans.
The Guardian
2.5
Rogen and Goldberg can do great juvenile banter ludicrous and rapid fire but it cant carry an entire movie, which is why The Interview throws in carto ..
Smh
2.5
This Is The End at least had a kind of random, unpredictable energy.But this ones a plodder.
Smh
3.0
(This results in a predictable bout of slapstick and anal intrusion jokes.)
Mountain X
1.3
Anyone seeing it for reasons of patriotism deserves our heartfelt thanks.
Star Tribune
3.8
Though The Interview, directed by Rogen and Goldberg, never quite manages the duos calibrated blend of sincerity and over the top crudeness, it nevert ..
Star Tribune
2.5
And thats why its a pity that the film is bereft of satiric zing, bludgeoning the laughs with a nonstop sledgehammer of bro humor.
Ew
2.5
It also seems as though Franco and Rogens chemistry is wearing thin.
Slate
2.0
But the humour is mostly crotch level and initial bonhomie gives way to tiresome violence in a largely joke free finale.
Flim List
3.0
Considering how its inflammatory ambition and scattershot execution put it closer to Spies Like Us than The Great Dictator on the political comedy spe ..
Empire
2.0
A silly, sloppy and sophomoric slob comedy...to paraphrase Shakespeare, its much ado about very little.
Susang Ranger
4.0
The Interview is one of the most important films ever made whether you like it or not.But is it any funny
Flickering Myth
3.8
But no matter what you think of dumb comedies, The Interview, thanks allegedly to Kim, has gone from disposable to indispensible cinema.Its a must see ..
Sf Gate
2.0
Maybe you will love The Interview if you can ever see the movie as much as some people hate or fear it.
Time
2.5
Whether it is truly funny, outrageous or touching is obvious: It is not.
Boston Herald
1.9
(Not for nothing is the films most memorable joke the creation of the term honeydick.)
Slant Magazine
2.0
Bad taste jokes and a goofy bromance follow in an uninspired, unfunny romp.
Express
3.0
Its a simultaneously dark and sweet comedy, and never is the movie at odds with itself.
The Film Stage
1.9
But The Interview takes the idea to extremes while chortling complacently at its own nerve.It says something about the bubble that Hollywood content c ..
Boston Globe
4.2
As it turns out, Goldberg and Rogen navigate this minefield of prurient humor and political incorrectness with aplomb, delivering a high concept spy t ..
Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
As they did in This Is the End, their previous effort as writers and directors, Rogen and Goldberg show a surprising affinity for big special effects ..
Las Vegas Weekly
2.5
If you set up as provocative a premise as do the makers of The Interview, you ultimately have to deal with all its implications; lets just say that wh ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.0
If you treat me nice, Im good..The film not only spoofs this kind of attitude but does so with style.
Standard
2.5
Burning Down the House Dont Blame The Interview for Starting World War III The Interview is a mediocre comedy that will go down in history for a pleth ..
Coles Mithey
3.5
Characterizing it as satire elevates the creative execution of the films very silly faux assassination of North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un far beyond w ..
Los Angeles Times
2.0
Rogen and Goldberg never get a sustained comic rhythm going, and they bungle even some of their better gags.
Variety
3.1
This undisciplined frat bro comedys accumulation of innuendos, boner jokes, gay jokes, and gags that tread through racist and misogynist territory wor ..
Groucho Reviews
4.2
Benedict Cumberbatch Wants You To Know He *Is* The Motherf*cking Grinch The Grinch star takes Mike Ryan through the final scenes of Avengers: Infinity ..
Hit Fix
3.0
The Interview flirts with some fascinating moral and societal subtexts but uses unrelated jokes as a crutch.
Forbes
2.5
Did Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer make this movie.Surely it wasnt the guys behind some of our best comedies in recent years.
Consequence Of Sound
3.1
As was the case with This Is the End, The Interview suffers from a decidedly erratic narrative that fares best in its opening stretch with Rogen and G ..
Reel Film
2.5
I never knew where Freedonia is.But I never missed Grouchos point.
Nj
2.5
Its the full length movie equivalent of shouting politically incorrect terms on 4chan.
Vox
3.5
Francos ego centric buffonary is hugely enjoyable, whilst Rogens straight man is a great foil, and Randall Parks Kim is a joy to watch.
Hey U Guys
3.1
You dont have to be a humourless fascist to heed the maxim that brevity is the soul of wit.
The Star
2.5
The theme tries to drive home that words are more powerful than nukes, and many of the ideas work, although it doesnt play as funny as it should, the ..
Urban Cine File
3.5
But despite a few slow spots and a couple of groan worthy gags youll probably still laugh a lot.
Ner Dist
2.0
However, this turns out to be a movie that just doesnt live up to its reputation.The Interview will be looked back on as a Hollywood comedy of huge si ..
Digital Spy
2.5
Hate to say it, but this film aint half the satire it could have been.
New York Post
3.0
At its heart, the film is much more about friendship and loyalty than it is about killing a foreign leader or even making fun of one.
Abc
3.0
Its hardly incendiary but if youre looking for chuckles you could do a lot worse.
Flicks
3.1
But the movie remains an amusing, awkward combination of absurd and real.
Red Eye Chicago
3.0
Stir in anal jokes (a level shovelful) and gross out gore and top with a shock climax that should be a shoo in for the Worst Taste in a Black Comedy ( ..
Ft
2.5
But in its second half, the script begins to repeat its less funny jokes, wallowing in smutty gags and excessive violence.
Contact Music
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
1.0
Never has less of a film had more of an impact on the studioand the nationthat produced it.
Wsj
1.0
The Interview is full of funny asides like that, reminding us that what were really watching is a story about how political debates have been reduced ..
Io9 Gizmodo
1.5
The Interview is ultimately a toothless, brainless comedic misfire thats low on laughs, wit and clever satire.
Nyc Movie Guru
3.1
Its a fantastic combination of vulnerability, silliness and pure evil.
Waffle Movies
2.0
Who wouldnt fall in love with this guy.Its a performance in line with comedic depictions of dictators as impish children throughout film history, and ..
The Dissolve
1.3
If you missed the payoff the first time around, dont worry: the sledgehammering duo are skilled in the art of echoing every phallic aside.
Sandiego Reader
4.0
By weaponizing infantile, often bizarre humor the film has assured itself a divisive place in history, but those attuned to its comic sensibilities wi ..
Cinemix Tape
4.0
And yet the funniest part isnt its cajones, or even that a film about idiots attempting a political killing is a dumb comedy that may have sparked an ..
Metro New York
3.5
This Is the End was funny in a gleefully disreputable way, but it also announced a creative climax.
Film Comment
1.0
It sucks ballsa judgment its dick and turd obsessed makers would probably relish.
Sbs
3.5
It was a good movie!.He probably hasnt made that joke much lately.
Flavor Wire
3.0
Kinda funny but never outright hilarious, way too long and for no good reason.
Crave Online
1.0
Great comedy can take aim at any subject, and make us feel terrible for laughing when it hits the mark.
The Skinny
1.5
Instead, its bursting with gross stereotypes and boring potty humor.
Polygon
2.0
But in the hands of lesser talents its overwrought and underscripted; yet another modern misfire that forgets that good film comedy has the same tight ..
The Ooh Tray
3.2
Well, this is awkward.I saw a movie before I was supposed to, and now its a movie that isnt coming out.
Movie Mezzanine
3.0
Pineapple Express succeeds on their ability to subvert action movie tropes like a character who suffers debilitating injuries but manages to keep goin ..
Lainey Gossip
3.0
Its that Rogen and Franco dont know when to stop riffing, mugging and killing decent jokes with repetition.
Seven Day Svt
3.5
All this attention in turn begs the question: is this movie really worth all the fuss
Concrete Play Ground
3.2
Its amazing how good actors can raise even the lowest of low brow humor.
From The Balcony
3.0
And the filmmakers do pull off a climax that is not totally predictable, while allowing for a tank vs. helicopter set piece that could be an homage to ..
Sky
2.5
Much of the comedy just hangs on the friction between Dave and the put upon, mission oriented Aaron.This means too much depends on the onscreen chemis ..
Fw Weekly
1.0
This movies CIA has no idea what it would mean to take out a dictator (and the filmmakers dont seem to care that that assignment would resonate beyond ..
Grant Land
2.5
Some of the best directed and performed scenes of the film are Skylark and Kims bonding session that devolves into a rap video with guns, booze and ba ..
Graffiti With Punctuation
2.5
The Interview, conversely, is little more than a sloppy air kiss blown lazily under the banner of free speech.
Cambridge Day
2.0
Its just stupid enough that some things are funny. Sadly, it isnt smart enough to realize that other things arent terribly funny and that an opportuni ..
Honey Cutts Hollywood
2.5
Yes, The Interview chalks up a few laughs.But, it hardly seems worth all the commotion.
Movie Chambers
1.0
If we had all met our fate over The Interview, war really would be indefensibly senseless.
Impulse Gamer
3.5
If you can make it through the first fifteen minutes youll be rewarded with a movie thats very funny, emotionally deep and has more, perhaps, to say a ..
Bad Ass Digest
2.5
Whats not lined up right here is what little satirical success the film can claim.Its better when its making fun of American media than it is at under ..
Daily News
3.2
But in the end, The Interview just isnt as funny as the filmmakers This Is The End and didnt deserve all the attention it received leading up to the f ..
Showbiz Junkies
2.5
Its important to note that the movie is not so much a political satire as much as it is the typical Rogen Franco pot filled film weve come to expect.
Bust
1.9
All published materials contained herein are owned by their respective authors and cannot be reprinted, either in their entirety or in selection, with ..
Cinema Phile 2010 Blog Spo ..
3.8
More importantly, youll walk out remembering the relatively ambitious political satire (dare I call the ending wish fulfillment) more than the lazy to ..
M Live
3.5
But you decide for yourself If the idea of a dictator in a distant land shitting themselves might make you laugh, go to the movie for the movie, not t ..
Movie City News
2.5
Blake Edwards, the director and screenwriter for the Pink Panther films, illustrates comedy done with intelligence.Edwards started off as an actor in ..
Louis Proyect
3.1
This is the End certainly had its gross out moments, but the fun of it came from its mix of comedy and horror, and not knowing what was coming next.
Madison Movie
1.9
A movie composed almost entirely of dick jokes, ass jokes and bromantic homoeroticism was the cause of an international incident.In retrospect, it all ..
Christy Lemire
3.8
It is indeed a lowbrow comedy, but its not just some dumb movie and the fictitious assassination of a living world leader is not even the most dangero ..
Lawrence
2.5
It has its moments.But make no mistake: this is adolescent, frat house humour.
Montreal Gazette
1.3
This slapstick comedy starts off strong but at nearly two hours, two thirds of the film feels like a long, boring and overdone SNL sketch.
Black Filim
3.8
In a less politically sensitive time, Randall Parks flat out brilliant performance would be hailed as the breakout, star making, even awards nominatio ..
The Movie Report
See Where to Watch
The Interview