The Nice Guys

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sussy I @RT68266427 Apr 4 Perfect late night comedy movie See more Sinead K @RT31976091 Apr 3 How does this film only have a 79% Rotten Tomatoes score? Rewatched it last night and was reminded again about how funny this is, with Ryan Gosling the standout star. In my opinion this makes it into the '1001 movies you need to see before you die'. Plot, acting, self-deprecating humour. It's all there for you to relax to and have a really good time. See more Christian K @ckacar Mar 25 Doesn't miss a beat with its script and performances. Gosling and big dick bike boy are the standouts. See more bob T @RT89536276 Mar 23 Ryan Gosling screaming is hilarious See more Collectivism S @CollectivismSux Mar 8 Shane Black’s The Nice Guys moves with a pace most modern comedies seem to have forgotten. Scenes start late, end early, and the movie never stalls. The hazy, sleazy 1970s Los Angeles backdrop gives everything a loose, lived-in feel that works perfectly with the tone. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling carry the whole thing. Crowe grounds the film while Gosling leans completely into Holland March as a panicked, incompetent wreck. The physical comedy alone carries entire stretches. The one thing that drags the movie down is Holly March. The script treats her like a moral mascot who can wander into criminal situations and lecture grown men without consequences. When the gunfight with John Boy erupts outside the house, the film finally creates real danger. Instead the movie protects Holly and her friend Jessica. Honestly, both of those precocious little shits getting clipped by stray gunfire would have delivered the catharsis the scene clearly sets up but never earns. See more Darth C @Mr_Franchise_Fatigue Feb 26 Movie tries to straddle the line between comedy and action and misses on both fronts. The humor feels like it’s aiming for that Marvel-style rhythm, but instead of sharp or clever exchanges, we get what amounts to failed Fast, dry, self-aware dialogue. The pacing of the conversations is off, the reactions don’t land, and the subject matter rarely feels interesting or funny. The film might have worked better if much of Gosling and Crowe’s "comedic" banter had been trimmed down. Instead, we’re stuck with dialogue that feels artificial trying for Gilmore Girls in its rapid-fire delivery, but with no wit. Gosling’s daughter is written as the typical Hollywood, disrespectful/witty/adult-in-a-child’s-body cliché — always in the right place at the right time, magically smarter than the grown men around her but suddenly incompetent when tension is required, and wrapped in thick plot armor. The runtime feels excessive for a buddy-detective story, and the mystery becomes predictable. See more Read all reviews

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