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The Nice Guys

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• Comedy
• Crime/detective

• 2016
• Shane Black
• 111 mins
• 15

Summary

Crime comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. A burnt-out PI is hired to investigate the death of a porn star but, while navigating the sleazy underbelly of 1970s Los Angeles, he collides with a violent enforcer. After they learn that a missing young woman could be in danger, the two men team up as the mystery develops into a full-blown conspiracy.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Jeremy Aspinall

Writer/director Shane Black made his name in the buddy movie genre with the likes of Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout, and this fllm marked a rollicking return to his roots. Los Angeles in 1977 is the setting and the demise of porn star Misty Mountains the catalyst that brings louche gumshoe Holland March (Ryan Gosling) into (painful) contact with sourpuss leg-breaker Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe), drawing them into a missing-person mystery involving the adult entertainment industry, colourful Mob killers and municipal corruption. "You're the world's worst detectives", declares March's astute 13-year-old daughter Holly (a poised Angourie Rice) but that is what produces the side-splitting goods in a cracking romp. And with Black's gold-plated wordsmithery (in a script co-written with Anthony Bagarozzi), you are never far away from quipfire badinage, knockabout nonsense or a shoot-em-up, typified by the shambolic duo's attendance at a suspect's swinging pool party, where March mooches about in an increasing state of intoxication while Healy and Holly do the private-eye stuff. Breezy, beautifully shot (by Philippe Rousselot, subtly capturing the 70s milieu), it combines action, danger and comedy to exhilarating effect. Perfect star chemistry (Gosling has a ball playing the fool, Crowe proves a fabulous straight man), snappy dialogue and laugh-out-loud moments ensure this is entertainment that just keeps on giving.

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7.4/10

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Cast

rolenameJackson HealyRussell CroweHolland MarchRyan GoslingHollyAngourie RiceJudith KuttnerKim BasingerJohn BoyMatt BomerOlder GuyKeith DavidBluefaceBeau KnappTallyYaya DaCostaAmeliaMargaret QualleyMrs GlennLois SmithChetJack KilmerBobbyTy SimpkinsBergen PaulsenGil GerardJessicaDaisy Tahan

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rolenameDirectorShane Black

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Released on

2016-06-03

Languages

English | German

Guidance

Violence, swearing, nudity.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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