2014 · action · comedy · spy
The Interview
Directed by Evan Goldberg1h 52m2014
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
Our read: The Interview (2014) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · comedy · spy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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