The Nice Guys

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The Nice Guys

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Released May 20, 2016

1h 56m

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Mystery & Thriller

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Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is a down-on-his-luck private eye in 1977 Los Angeles. Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) is a hired enforcer who hurts people for a living. Fate turns them into unlikely partners after a young woman named Amelia (Margaret Qualley) mysteriously disappears. Healy and March soon learn the hard way that some dangerous people are also looking for Amelia. Their investigation takes them to dark places as anyone else who gets involved in the case seems to wind up dead.

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Critics Consensus

The Nice Guys hearkens back to the buddy comedies of a bygone era while adding something extra courtesy of a knowing script and the irresistible chemistry of its leads.

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Victoria Luxford

BBC.com

(Crowe and Gosling are brilliant together in something that sends up their tough guy images.

Rated: 4/5

May 4, 2023

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K. Austin Collins

The Ringer

What's memorable about The Nice Guys is the crew of not-so-nice kids: the 12- through 18-year-olds who seem remarkably unbothered when bumping heads with coke-addled pornographers.

Aug 10, 2017

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are a good match in The Nice Guys. But writer-director Shane Black's screenplay seldom strikes fire.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Though it can veer off of the rails to some scatterbrained wheel-spinning that pushes limits of tolerance and believability, the screenplay delivers its muckraking mystery with a canny enough level of perpetual action and a clever humor.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 23, 2025

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Niall Browne

Movies in Focus

A wonderful slice of entertainment, The Nice Guys is Shane Black doing what he does best. The film riffs on his previous back catalogue, mixing in a 1970s groove to keep things feeling fresh.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 21, 2025

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Katie Hogan

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

Like any detective story, The Nice Guys hits those same genre beats, but instead of coming off like a series of cliches, Black creates a unique experience.

Rated: 5/5

May 29, 2025

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Paul M

Neo Noir Disco Actors. They are impeccably selected. I can't imagine other actors. There is powerful chemistry between the characters of Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. I am not afraid to say that their duet is one of the best duets in the context of buddy films. Humor and dialogues. The film does not rely on absurd humor a la "Naked Gun", it uses real conversational jokes that real people could say. And getting to know the characters better, we can already understand who could say what phrase. Plot. With a comedy component, we are immersed in a real thriller. And the film skillfully balances between genres. And the plot twists are no worse than Agatha Christie's. Setting. Thanks to the clothes, cars and interiors, we can easily believe that the action takes place in the 1970s. But we are not thrown into the disco style. We see a diverse city with all its seedy streets. I would like to separately note the music. I adore the music of the 1970s. I like the genres of funk, disco and soul. And I am a little sad that the film uses the most popular and cliched works. The 1970s are the decade where there are simply hundreds of great works. Unfortunately, the creators chose the most hackneyed options. But this is not a minus of the film. "Nice Guys" is one of the best films of the 2010s, which can be re-watched dozens of times.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/25

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Justin M.

The first time I watched I was a little underwhelmed. However, I’ve since watched multiple times and have come to appreciate this movie tremendously - one of the best modern day buddy flicks you’ll watch any time soon.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/31/25

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Kiefer

Hilarious, heard of it and glad I watched it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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Massive L

Perfect easy and funny watch for a movie night at home

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/23/25

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Darsou C

Funny and even thrilling by times, but its greatest trick is to make you fall on side with these two not-always-so-nice-guys.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/25

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Greg S

Not funny & a waste of talent & time. Very disappointing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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Synopsis

Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is a down-on-his-luck private eye in 1977 Los Angeles. Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) is a hired enforcer who hurts people for a living. Fate turns them into unlikely partners after a young woman named Amelia (Margaret Qualley) mysteriously disappears. Healy and March soon learn the hard way that some dangerous people are also looking for Amelia. Their investigation takes them to dark places as anyone else who gets involved in the case seems to wind up dead.

Director: Shane Black
Producer: Joel Silver
Screenwriter: Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Silver Pictures, Waypoint Entertainment, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Nudity|Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 20, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 9, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $36.2M
Runtime: 1h 56m

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