Movie #1185 "The Nice Guys" was a fun oddball film that stands alone in its style. Here's the thing: it tries to go in the opposite direction from where the audience thinks it will go. I liked that a lot, but then at times, I felt it went a bit too far and manipulated the story so that the characters weren't true to themselves ---- but that happened just occasionally. More with Russell Crowe's character, than with Ryan Gosling. That might be because Crowe was left doing more of the heavy duty acting; whereas, the humor comes more easily to Gosling, who has done some comedies in the past. What's fun is watching these two work off each other --- some of the bits are funnier than others, but as a whole, the film is action packed and creative (and a tad violent) , and I found it enjoyable, esp. the second half of the film. There's a little girl that is a very strong character here, almost steals the movie from the likes of Crowe and Gosling. Almost. Lots of good secondary characters. I'd give this 4 out of 5 stars.
The Nice Guys
2016 R Rated R
Set in 1970s Los Angeles, this noirish mystery tracks a private eye who teams with a hired bruiser to investigate a missing persons case and a porn star's suspicious suicide. In the process, the pair stumbles onto evidence of a vast conspiracy.
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