
Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licensed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amel... (Full plot summary below)
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Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licensed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy.
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| The Mary SueLesley CoffinThe Nice Guys is the first great comedy of the summer. |
| La Nación (Argentina)Diego BatlleLike one of those great comedies from the old days. [Full review in Spanish] |
| SensacineMarcos GandíaUnapologetic, wonderful, fun, sacastic and lucid. [Full review in Spanish] |
| People MagazineAlynda WheatNow, I'm not saying every gumshoe yarn needs physical comedy, but The Nice Guys makes joyous use of the stuff. |
| ForbesMark HughesShane Black's best work yet... a smart, funny, sexy action movie... You can tell Black would be happy making films like this for the rest of his life -- and we should be so luck. |
| NPRScott TobiasIt has the byzantine plot of an L.A. noir, but races through it with the breathless energy of Black's other work. |
| ColliderMatt GoldbergThe Nice Guys is more than a nice time at the movies. It's a total delight. |
| BuzzFeed NewsAlison WillmoreIn Gosling's pairing with the laconic Crowe, it finds a genuinely pleasurable pair of losers trying hard to eke out a win. |
| CinemaBlend.comEric EisenbergThe detective genre has persisted because it has everything you could want from a film - intrigue, action, suspense, romance, adventure and humanity - and Black's latest delivers all of that. |
| TheWrapAlonso DuraldeThere’s a tipping point at which comedy goes from black to bilious, and that’s a balancing act that The Nice Guys doesn’t always nail. The laughs from this frequently entertaining action comedy get stuck in the throat, keeping this altogether good movie from being a great one. |