Yes, The Nice Guys Is Hilarious
Throw a perfect pair of perky titties in a movie, and I’m in. But pair those titties with a great movie, and I’m ALL the way in. And that’s exactly what happened in The Nice Guys, which is easily the best movie I’ve seen all year (shut up Marvel fans).
Set in 70’s Los Angeles, The Nice Guys is a movie starring Ryan Gosling as Hollard March, a sleazy alcoholic private investigator and Russell Crowe, a “just get the job done” type of enforcer who’s hired to hurt people for money. Healy is hired for protection by a girl named Amelia, who gives him an address for a guy that’s been following her. Unfortunately for March, he’s that guy. After the two scuffle, something seems a bit fishy as Amelia suddenly disappears. March and Healy end up teaming up to figure out what the hell is going on, which leads them (and March’s 13-year old daughter Holly, played by Angourie Rice) into some extremely dangerous waters. Debacles and hilarity ensue.
What makes this movie so great to me is the characters. They’re awesome. Healy’s such a scumbag, but you can see that good in him, which makes you relate to him more and more as the story goes by. He has a real air of “Look man, it’s not personal, this is just my job” around his actions that make you forget that he’s getting paid to snap fingers and break arms. Past that, Holly’s awesome as well. She’s so innocent, yet she’s seen so much that it makes it hard to see her as a 13-year, when she’s clearly the Man of the House, and the smartest character out of all three of them. Throughout the movie, even though she puts herself in a bunch of dumb situations, you find yourself thinking “How the hell is this kid the most logical?” She practically takes care of her father who can’t make it through a single scene without a drink, which leads me to my most important point: RYAN. GOSLING. KILLED. THIS. SHIT. Whether it be dialogical or physical comedy, that man didn’t miss a beat. He played his character so well that you almost forget how lucky he is to be dropping real life babies into Eva Mendes. Throughout the whole movie you’re waiting for him to hit that moment of clarity that causes him to get his shit together, but NOPE. Boys stay loyal to the soil of scumbaggery and it makes everything so damn funny. Without giving away too much of the plot, a perfect example is the scene where Healy tells the old lady that originally hired March that they’ll do the new job, in which March replies “forrrr a deeply discounted rate” and it’s just like..damn bro, right now? Still?
The only negative thing to be said about the movie is it took too long to identify a villain. Without the main villain, you start to wonder what the point of everything is and why exactly they need to find any of the people they’re looking for. But eventually you get your answers so I’m willing to overlook that if you are.
So what do I rate The Nice Guys on the Theater, Redbox, or Nah Nevermind scale? Theater. 100% Theater. Go see it ASAP because you’ll definitely love it. You’ll love it so much that you’ll want a sequel, and they definitely leave an opening for The Nice Guys 2, so I pray that we get it.
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OTHER NOTES
1.Titties everywhere. Right out the gate you get blessed with some titties and it’s like OH IT’S LIT! IT. IS. LIT.
2. Funniest movie since Project X, which was the funniest movie since Superbad. In my opinion.
3. Shout out to Yaya DaCosta for getting these movie checks. I had no clue she’d be so outchea when I was watching America’s Next Top Model Season 3.Yes, I watched a whole season of ANTM.
4. Russell Crowe got fat. I don’t know if it’s for this role, or if it’s just because he’s rich and has no reason to stay in shape. But either way, he think he me.
5. Scumbags worldwide will love this movie as it shows US that we can be useful in society. Yes, of course I forced an inspirational message out of this movie.
