The reviews are starting to come in, from people who have paid to rent or purchase the film “The Interview” online today.
One 11-year-old boy in Washington, DC, says it’s “pretty funny” — but that he can understand why the North Korean government wouldn’t like it. Marco Squitieri says, “They make fun of North Korea a lot.”
A Detroit woman who’s a fan of the film’s stars, Seth Rogen and James Franco, says she’s disappointed, calling the movie “kind of a mess overall.” Amy Hurley paid $5.99 to rent the movie on YouTube Movies. She says Franco’s character was “over the top,” and that the jokes “were old and kept going on and on.”
The movie was made available online today, and it will be in more than 300 theaters tomorrow. Sony Pictures had been criticized for its initial decision to cancel the Christmas release of the film, after the studio was targeted by hackers.
The move to make the film available for rental and purchase before its theatrical release had never before been done with a mainstream film.
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< 179-r-12-(Excerpt from a trailer for the movie, ‘The Interview’)-“of this working”-Here is an excerpt from a scene from “The Interview” trailer. (24 Dec 2014) < APPHOTO CAET201: FILE – This Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 photo shows, holidays decorations on the Sony Pictures Studios front gates on the Overland Ave., entrance in Culver City, Calif. In an unprecedented move, Sony Pictures broadly released “The Interview” to digital platforms Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, a reversal of its previous plan not to show the film after hackers released thousands of documents online and threatened violence at theaters showing the comedy that depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (18 Dec 2014) < APPHOTO CAET199: FILE – In this Dec. 11, 2014 file photo, actors Seth Rogen, right, and James Franco attend the premiere of the Sony Pictures’ film “The Interview” in Los Angeles. Celebrities react to Sony’s announcement Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, that it released Rogen and Franco’s North Korea satire, “The Interview,” on digital platforms: “You wanna watch The Interview?? You can RIGHT … NOW!! … Thanks Sony for making it happen. Booyah.” – Rogen on Twitter moments after “The Interview” became available. “Merry X-mas MERICA! !!!!!THE INTERVIEW IS LIVE!!!!!! !!! … Thank you SONY!!!!!!!!” – Franco on Twitter shortly after “The Interview” became available. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP Images, File) (11 Dec 2014) <
