Recommended by Whom You Know, The Nice Guys Starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling Opens in America May 20, 2016 Our Coverage Sponsored by Surreal Eyewear
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Peachy Deegan is not the kind of person that laughs out loud in a movie theater.
Except she did this time...! You will not be able to resist the antics of those two above...
Here comes trouble, and you're going to love it.
Starting off with a bang, The Nice Guys shows no sign of stopping for its two-hour duration, which does fly by, and the phenomenal script paired with the spot-on casting is a recipe for success in entertainment. The onscreen chemistry between Russell Crowe as Jackson Healy and Ryan Gosling as Holland March is pure hilarity and their comedic timing and line delivery on top of the chemistry only adds to the laughter-inducing flick. Every nuance and detail is captured intelligently by each and exemplifies the difference between good and excellent.
New York: You'll be pleased to know that Crowe's character grew up in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Even better than Gosling and Crowe is an actress new to us: Angourie Rice, who plays Holland's daughter, Holly. Her straight faces and wise nature that's beyond her years add sophistication and grace to her character. And stuff.
We love how she wants to know from Jackson how much he'd charge to beat up her friend Janet, and she proves her wit, sharp instinct and stellar delivery throughout. The father/daughter bond between these two characters could not have been portrayed better.
We were psyched about her performance before we looked at her twitter and saw she's a grammar enthusiast!
Set in 1977 Los Angeles, this work could teach many millenials about how people spent their time before there was an internet.
Writer/director Shane Black relates, “L.A. in the ‘70s was this moldering town where smog covered the city like a crust and Hollywood Boulevard had turned into this cesspool of pornography. And in this scenario, you get these two numbnuts who kind of stumble into shoes they can never fill when they uncover this huge conspiracy. So you’ve got your corruption, you’ve got your decadence, and then the question became how unsettlingly inappropriate could we make these two guys for the task for which they set themselves up.” This is not the first time Black has created an unlikely pairing and pitted them against a powerful adversary for which they would, on paper, seem outmatched. Exactly 30 years ago, he sold his first script to producer Joel Silver—an actioner about a by-the-book detective reluctantly partnered with an unhinged cop named Riggs. That movie was “Lethal Weapon”…and the rest, as they say, is history.
The exaggerated great time between Holland and Jackson evidences the vocation Gosling and Crowe have as actors: it's clear to the audience they sincerely had a lot of fun in these roles and that's conveyed with gusto for two straight hours. The bowling alley bathroom scene is absolutely priceless in particular!
If you thought Gatsby had great parties that you're sad you missed, you can add the soirees in The Nice Guys to those "wish I didn't miss this" list. The sets were phenomenal, the costumes were divine, and every extra proved their worth on the big screen.
In this high holy season of Stanley Cup Playoffs, we expect the best fights to be on the ice, however, The Nice Guys has proved us wrong as the fight scenes in this flick, particularly as they come to a crescendo, upstage even the best enforcers of hockey right down to their beards this time of year. Peachy's not a pacifist and we cannot remember the last time we've seen fights so brilliant in a movie.
We'd hire these two any day, no matter what ethnicity their ad captures!
Also, great product placement by Captain Morgan...!
As each escapade unwinds, you'll wonder how the subsequent one will top it.
But somehow, it does.
“Shane creates these worlds that have their own tone, slightly surreal but rooted in reality,” Gosling observes. “And his characters are heightened, but somehow you feel like you know them. On a fundamental level, ‘The Nice Guys’ is a detective story, but Shane is able to subvert it. You think you’re going to go right, and he takes you left.” Crowe agrees, “A good detective movie is always going to be complex. As it’s unfolding, you don’t really know what’s going on, and then, when you find out, all the parts of the journey have added up. Ultimately, you earn the right to get to the end of the story.”
Finally, Bella and Leo Scognamillo, do not watch the aquarium scene!
Misadventures have never been so funny!
The Nice Guys is Recommended by Whom You Know!
Set in 1970s Los Angeles, down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. During their investigation, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power.
Oscar winner Russell Crowe (“Gladiator,” “A Beautiful Mind”) and Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling (“Half Nelson,” “The Big Short”) star in Silver Pictures’ action comedy “The Nice Guys,” from writer/director Shane Black (“Iron Man 3,” “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” “Lethal Weapon”). “The Nice Guys” unfolds in 1970s Los Angeles, when down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Crowe) become the unlikeliest of partners.
Working together, they have to find a missing girl who seems to have a target on her back. And is her case related to the violent death of porn star Misty Mountain in a car crash? During their investigation, March and Healy begin to uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power…and just might get them both killed.
The film also stars young actress Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer (“Magic Mike,” HBO’s “The Normal Heart”), Margaret Qualley (HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Keith David (TV’s “Community”), Beau Knapp (“The Gift”) and Oscar winner Kim Basinger (“L.A. Confidential”). Shane Black directed the film from an original screenplay he wrote with Anthony Bagarozzi. Joel Silver (the “Lethal Weapon” films, “The Matrix” films, the “Sherlock Holmes” films) produced the film under his Silver Pictures banner. Ken Kao, Hal Sadoff, Bagarozzi, Alex Walton and Michael J. Malone served as executive producers. The behind-the-scenes creative team included Oscar-winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It,” the “Sherlock Holmes” films), production designer Richard Bridgland (“Serena,” “Unknown”), editor Joel Negrón (“21 Jump Street,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”), and costume designer Kym Barrett (“The Matrix”
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films, “The Amazing Spider-Man”). The score is by composer John Ottman (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) & David Buckley (TV’s “The Good Wife”). Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Silver Pictures Production in association with Waypoint Entertainment, “The Nice Guys.” Slated for release on May 20, 2016, the film will be distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. “The Nice Guys” has been rated R for violence, sexuality, nudity, language and brief drug use.
