Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- provocative
- frantic
- adult comedy night
- political satire marathon
What critics said
Critics found the film's likable leads and occasional political satire effective, but judged the screenplay's humor uneven and the overall comedy merely middling.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Dave and Aaron's tabloid television career is contrasted with Kim Jong-un's carefully managed public image.
The assassination premise and jokes about North Korea turn international power politics into confrontational absurdist comedy.
The CIA recruits celebrity television personalities Dave and Aaron to carry out an assassination.
The bright, performative world of Skylark Tonight collides with the controlled public environments of Pyongyang.
Films like The Interview, and why
Team America: World Police
shares irreverent political satire, buddy-comedy chemistry, and an absurd covert assassination mission
Four Lions
combines provocative political comedy, international espionage, and deliberately tasteless humor
Tropic Thunder
features an incompetent outsider pulled into a dangerous geopolitical operation with broad action-comedy energy
Pineapple Express
shares Seth Rogen-style stoner-adjacent humor, chaotic friendship, and escalating criminal peril
Movie Details
- Directors
- Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
- Release Date
- 2014-12-25
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (6394)
Cast
- James Franco
- Seth Rogen
- Lizzy Caplan
- Randall Park
- Diana Bang
- Timothy Simons
- Reese Alexander
- James Yi
- Paul Bae
- Geoff Gustafson
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Interview about?
- Two celebrity television operators are recruited for an absurdly dangerous CIA mission after landing an interview with North Korea’s dictator.
- What is The Interview like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Interview as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Interview violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Interview as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Interview?
- Critics found the film's likable leads and occasional political satire effective, but judged the screenplay's humor uneven and the overall comedy merely middling.
- Which films are like The Interview?
- Films with a similar feel include Team America: World Police, Four Lions, Tropic Thunder, and Pineapple Express.
- How long is The Interview?
- The Interview runs 112 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Interview?
- In United States, The Interview streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
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