The Interview

"The Interview", as most everyone with a television set or newspaper knows, is the story of a plot to kill the leader of North Korea under the guise of a televison interview conducted by a US talk show host. The movie stars Seth Rogen and James Franco with support from Diana Bang, Lizzy Caplan and Randall Park. Co-directed by Mr. Rogen and Evan Goldberg and written by Dan Sterling, the movie, despite its hype and international notoriety, is simply stated, not a good film. No matter how risque or far out a plot or film may be, if it is funny it can be tolerated. This film is neither funny nor clever. It is amateurish, its humor is immature and insulting and some of its scenes contain tasteless conduct that is best characterized as just plain repulsive. More like a home movie made by people with money to pay for good sets, the film is awkward and not worth the $5.99 I paid for it on VOD. If one didn’t know better, it could be thought that the entire "threat" regarding the showing of the film was prompted by the producers in order to invite controversy and interest in an otherwise unworthy and poorly made film. I give it a reluctant one star rating. The low quality of the movie "wreaks for itself".