A drug-fueled detective navigates a 1970s Los Angeles haze, chasing a missing ex-girlfriend through surreal, pulpy mysteries.
Darkly comic, with dry wit. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
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Moderate sex and nudity, and some violence, about what an R should carry.
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In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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