"The Interview" (2014) REVIEW

"Haters gonna hate, and ain'ters gonna ain't."

With all the controversy surrounding the movie, curiosity overwhelmed me to check out this movie. In fact, I looked forward to it, and I think the same could be said about most of the other people who watched it.

TV talk show host Dave Skylark (James Franco) and producer of the show Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) have been working together for ten years, producing a thousand episodes of the hottest celebrity gossip. However, Aaron feels like they should move in a different direction, start covering real news like politics but keep the charm of Dave Skylark. Dave then comes up with an idea to land an interview Kim Jong-Un, leader of North Korea, who happens to be a huge fan of the show. Once this news reaches the public, the CIA contact Dave and Aaron, wanting them to "take out" Kim Jong-Un.

The Interview is most certainly a goofy comedy, but plays it off very well. The jokes are clever, both well thought out and with perfect timing. The chemistry between James Franco and Seth Rogen is perfect, their conversations never missing a beat with the movies snappy dialogue. However, some of the fun dies down for a portion of the movie where Franco and Rogen are in separate scenes, but the movie picks back up with even more laugh-out-loud comedy and very well-executed action sequences.

The Interview is definitely a controversial film, but its quirkiness and charm makes it a very fun film to watch.

4/5 Stars

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