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The Nice Guys

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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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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 May 4, 2023
4/5
(Crowe and Gosling are brilliant together in something that sends up their tough guy images. Go to Full Review
K. Austin Collins The Ringer Aug 10, 2017
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. Go to Full Review
Nigel Andrews Financial Times Dec 27, 2016
3/5
Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are a good match in The Nice Guys. But writer-director Shane Black's screenplay seldom strikes fire. Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 23, 2025
3/5
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. Go to Full Review
Niall Browne Movies in Focus Jul 21, 2025
4/5
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. Go to Full Review
Katie Hogan FILMHOUNDS Magazine May 29, 2025
5/5
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. Go to Full Review
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Robert T @Robertodeeto 4 days ago Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are basically two human train wrecks stumbling through 1970s Los Angeles, accidentally solving a mystery while fucking up just about everything else along the way. The dialogue is filthy, fast, and gloriously stupid in exactly the right way. Gosling's physical comedy alone deserves its own goddamn trophy. Every time you think he can't possibly make things more ridiculous, he finds a way. And Crowe plays the perfect exhausted bastard opposite him, like a guy who desperately wants to maintain some dignity while the universe keeps handing him Ryan Gosling. The result is a buddy detective movie with bullets, booze, conspiracies, broken bones, and enough dick jokes to make your inner twelve-year-old stand up and applaud. The Nice Guys doesn't reinvent the buddy-cop movie. It just gets drunk, punches it in the face, steals its wallet, and makes you laugh while doing it. Fuck subtlety. Give me more movies like this. See more Luke F @RT90501803 Sep 8, 2026 So good I thought it was Tarantino See more Elias B @RT37836555 Sep 6, 2026 Watched this last night with my wife, I laughed my guts out. Just let the director do their job and you're down for a special treat if you want to grab a laugh after looking at beautiful pictures every frame. The movie is so pretty, colorful. Everyone, the scenery, the cars, and the clothing look fantastic. It's as funny as a movie can be. I mean, you'll really laugh HARD See more Mike B @Mickeyb4b Aug 31, 2026 Don’t hear much about this one but I found it very entertaining. The casting was perfect. Kinda quirky, maybe not for everyone but I wanna see it again. See more Shawna R @Shawnarrr Aug 14, 2026 The brilliance of The Nice Guys is that beneath all the violence and lunacy, it is actually weirdly sweet. These are two spectacularly damaged men who gradually become friends while attempting to survive a case that would be too complicated for Sherlock Holmes and far too stupid for Batman. Five stars. I laughed. I yelled at the television. I briefly considered becoming a private investigator. Then I remembered I have no investigative skills and would probably lose a fight with a coat rack. See this movie immediately. It is funny, filthy, violent, charming, beautifully stupid, and approximately 97% more entertaining than anything has a right to be. See more Antony B @RT29664284 Jul 26, 2026 The Nice Guys is a rare detective story that understands the best mysteries aren't just solved, they're survived. Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe stumble through the chaos with perfect chemistry, turning every bad decision into another reason to laugh. The film juggles razor-sharp comedy, bruising action, and unexpected heart without ever dropping the ball. Beneath all the broken noses and smart remarks is a surprisingly poignant story about flawed people trying to do one decent thing in a world that keeps making decency feel like a losing bet. See more Read all reviews
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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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