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The Interview

2014

Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen

James Franco, Seth Rogen, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park ...

5.2

19,445

Comedy. Action Dave Skylark (James Franco), host of a talk show, and producer, Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen), get an interview with Kim Jong-Un, dictator of Democratic People's Republic of North Korea. The CIA asks them to kill Kim. They become the least qualified men to ever assassinate.

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Considering the controversy and chaos Sony Pictures Studios is undergoing because of it, The Interview fails to live up to the hype (...) a rowdy comedy as it grows duller by the minute (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"An alleged satire that’s about as funny as a communist food shortage (...) The end result is shockingly genteel"	NEG
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"Both Rogen and Franco, who have marvellous chemistry and exude good cheer, continue to tweak their personas in this very amusing, very imbecilic film (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It's stupid. It's in bad taste. It impossible. I know all that. But Rogen's instinct to try anything for giggles and sticking it to dictatorial assholes is worth fighting for. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'The Interview' is pretty much what everyone thought it would be before all the trouble started: a goofy, strenuously naughty, hit-and-miss farce, propelled not by any particular political ideas but by the usual spectacle of male sexual, emotional and existential confusion."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"As political satire goes, The Interview has the comic batting average of a mediocre-to-average Saturday Night Live sketch"	NEG
United States	Joe McGovern Entertainment Weekly	"While the idea (...) is obscenely funny, Franco unexpectedly goes nowhere with it"	NEG
United States	Sara Stewart New York Post	"Hate to say it, but this film ain't half the satire it could have been. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"In their third film together, Franco and Rogen have a terrific banter and an underlay of affection. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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