“Inherent Vice,” is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel. This new trailer starring Joaquin Phoenix as Doc Sportello an P.I. who’s in over his head. The trailer gives you more insight into the story, character and feel of the film with a soothing voiceover work done by Joanna Newsom.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson sat down with IndieWire and was up in arms screaming the praises of Jaoquin Pheonix of his performance:

I’m not shoving off credit, I love to get credit, and I know he’ll say something opposite. But you have to listen to me: It’s him. It’s really all him. Sure, he read the book and he would do things, and I would say, “That’s good.” But it’s him presenting it. It’s all him. Don’t listen to anything he says. He’ll just shove stuff off, like, “Oh, I just did what Paul told me,” but that’s his horseshit way of not accepting a compliment. All those little things he does, there’s nothing I ask for, I swear to you.

“Inherent Vice” opens in limited release this Friday, with a bunch of Saturday screenings in select cities (Austin, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver). Watch below and get tickets for those screenings right here.

In theaters everywhere January 9th, watch the trailer below.