Fu Pandas. Directing The Interview with his longtime writing pal Evan
Goldberg, Rogen serves up the usual farrago of sexual outrage and
guy-bonding, only this time in the guise of nervy satire using real
names. (When Sacha Baron Cohen played The Dictator, he made fun of a
whole swath of Middle East tyrants, not just one.)

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Maybe you will love The Interview — if you can ever see the movie — as
much as some people hate or fear it. But if you’re hoping for any
cogent political satire here, then the joke’s on you.

Correction: This article originally misidentified The Interview’s