A funny, silly, stupid comedy that will make some people laugh, others not so much. Any response beyond that is an overreaction.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 13, 2022

The Interview will impress many when the mood turns serious, but these faux-moments of shrewdness come only after the non-stop, over-the-top antics from James Franco.

| Jun 27, 2022

If you want a real envelope-pushing, controversial, yet uproariously funny movie in your life right now, then go seek out (or revisit) the truly anarchic Team America: World Police.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 8, 2021

The Interview's satire doesn't bite hard enough to justify the controversy, and it's too bloated to be a comedy classic. But its crude humour and playful performances should satisfy those wanting to discover what the fuss is about.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 22, 2021

One feels ashamed for the performers and crewmembers involved, and one feels embarrassed to have watched the film.

| Feb 12, 2021

Once the scenery changes from Hollywood to the hermit kingdom, however, the laughs become as rare as Angelina Jolie compliments in leaked Sony e-mails.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 2, 2021

Editing shortcomings and storyline inattentiveness betray a production plagued by studio interference.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 4, 2020

A silly, enjoyable enough movie that's destined to be remembered for things that have nothing to do with what's on screen.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 7, 2020

At its core, The Interview has a remarkably insightful thesis about human nature and politics.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 16, 2020

Rogan and company didn't do anything but set out to make a funny movie, and they were reasonably successful. The filmmakers were just artists doing their job, until they got swept up in something bigger. Maybe that's how art is supposed to work.

| Jan 9, 2020

These aren't just two stoner dudes who bumbled their way into a real world crisis like in the movie, these are two very smart comedians who turned a seemingly innocuous comedy into a real life act of defiance.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 7, 2019

Headlines strained to politicize the film. But it's merely a crass, caustic comedy whose point of view is to not let cultural coverage brainwash the best out of us - whether it involves human rights or celebrity hairpieces.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 24, 2019

Mediocre comedy and the lamest act of war ever.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 17, 2019

The Interview may have benefited in investing more energy in compiling a stronger supporting cast -- this would have at least allowed the humour to potentially branch out and find new gags that unfortunately weren't present.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 4, 2019

Franco and Rogen are amiable enough in the lead roles, with good chemistry that has developed from previous collaborations.

| Original Score: B | Jan 24, 2019

The Interview is a forgettable comedy with an unforgettable advertising campaign, yet should still be seen for the amount of risks the filmmakers took to get it made at all.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Oct 24, 2018

It's ground zero for our current culture wars - not because it's a good movie, but because it is bad in an unexpectedly revealing way.

| May 22, 2018

I would have willingly taken several strips of ricin myself to be spared a single extra minute of the terrible, gurning, prancing, toweringly irritating piece of idiot ham that is Franco.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 16, 2018

I couldn't believe what I was going to watch when I had first seen the trailer, and those lofty expectations were met

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 2, 2017

The Interview in a nutshell: Half-baked and ultimately forgettable.

| Oct 13, 2017