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Mr. Nice

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Oxford University student Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) becomes an international drug smuggler with alleged connections to MI6, the IRA and the Mafia.
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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Though the film takes a while to cast its spell, writer-director-cinematographer Bernard Rose's close observation of Marks and those around him becomes increasingly involving and allows Rose to comment on the widespread failure of the war on drugs. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 11, 2011 Full Review Mark Jenkins Washington Post The writer-director tells the story with verve and small-budget ingenuity. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 9, 2011 Full Review Wesley Morris Boston Globe Ifans looks 20 years too old for the part, and the problem with the movie is it seems so desperate to be made that it barely cares that he spends half of his time miscast. Rated: 2/4 Sep 8, 2011 Full Review Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media Ifans does a credible job of showing us how Marks moved from one lucrative situation to another... But the movie suffers from the usual clichés and tropes of its genre. Rated: 2/5 Sep 28, 2021 Full Review James McMahon NME (New Musical Express) It's frequently funny, it's affable and charming in that way all the best British comedies always are and it's a retelling of a story quite remarkable in that someone undertook it and lived to tell the tale. Rated: 3.5/5 May 20, 2021 Full Review Molly Templeton Eugene Weekly (OR) Part of the problem with Mr. Nice is that the endless sequences of [Howard] Marks and company moving, packing, hiding or hiding drugs lead to a muddled, disconnected narrative that lacks emotional impact. Feb 27, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Entertaining, but then lost it's sheen and became rather sad. Still, pretty good for Welsh content. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member An entertaining movie with a fairly good story. Good performances and direction. The humour works quite well too Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Lots going for it, really enjoyable for the first hour but then it dragged. A tighter, slicker edit would have improved this film dramatically. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Drugs. A lot of them. Everywhere. All the time. 1.5 stars is no fault to Rhys Ifans but it just wore me out, all that dope. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked this more than the reviews led me to believe that I would. I suppose part of it is that I was a dope smoking hippy in 1968 too. Rhys Ifans carries it - he seemed ideal for the part. The style is very Britcom, but being a true story it doesn't really have the usual mythical narrative arc. Quite fun, if not earth shattering. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Most wanted. Most wasted. Quand Howard marks quitte son petit village natal pour aller étudier à l'université d'Oxford, il y découvre les plaisirs de la marijuana. Il deviendra passeur pour rendre service. Tout cela va l'amener à développer un trafic entre Londres et le Pakistan, et à devenir le plus grand dealer d'Europe. Comme il reste non violent et toujours classe, il se fera surnommer Mr Nice. Voici une petite leçon d'histoire sur le trafic de drogue douce dans les années 60-70. Ce Mr Nice a réellement existé (et existe toujours d'ailleurs), et le film s'inspire partiellement de son autobiographie, le livre étant trop dense pour tout relater à l'écran. Rhys Ifans et Chloe Sevigny incarne le couple Marks dans leur vie ballotée entre déplacements pour arranger le réseau et occupations avec leurs enfants adorés. Le film ne prend pas le parti de juger le personnage, mais décrit son histoire et laisse suggérer qu'un tel trafic ne pourrait avoir lieu avec une telle ampleur sans les lois anti-marijuana mises en place sans réelle analyse et réflexion de la part des gouvernements. Intéressant, mais les 2 heures peuvent sembler longues à certains moments. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Bernard Rose

Director

Rhys Ifans

Howard Marks

Chloë Sevigny

Judy Marks

David Thewlis

Jim McCann

Elsa Pataky

Ilze

Crispin Glover

Ernie Combs

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Movie Info

Synopsis Oxford University student Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) becomes an international drug smuggler with alleged connections to MI6, the IRA and the Mafia.
Director
Bernard Rose
Screenwriter
Bernard Rose
Distributor
MPI
Production Co
Kanzaman, Lipsync Productions, Independent, Prescience
Genre
Drama, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 3, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 18, 2016
Runtime
2h 1m
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