The pair are helped in their search by March’s daughter Holly, who is played by Australian up-and-comer Angourie Rice.
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It’s a flawed movie, with a plot that re-defines the meaning of the word “inconsequential”, but it benefits from sharp casting, with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe playing broadly against type, and from Black’s carefully honed eye for sly absurdities.
Crowe is Jackson Healy, a low-rent tough hired to beat people up and Gosling is Holland March, a down-and-out detective who when we first meet him is sleeping in a bathtub still wearing last night’s clothes.
Shane Black’s new film The Nice Guys is already packed with ’70s-era nostalgia, but a new trailer for the film released by Warner Bros. He doesn’t make films, he makes movies – big, juicy, satisfying movies, the kind that make you feel full and pat your belly at the end, like you’ve eaten a really good burger. In fact, they uncover a wide conspiracy that includes one dead pornstar, a couple of dead porn hucksters, the L.A. auto show, a government bigwig (Kim Basinger) and a whole lot of broken arms, shattered windows and exploding cars.
So this period action-comedy/shaggy dog story, co-written and directed by Shane Black (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang“, an even better example of the formula), earns points for its sheer novelty: a broad summer motion picture that is rooted in terrain resembling reality, albeit a stylized ’70s Los Angeles version of it. – ReutersActors Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe (left) arrive at the UK Premiere of Nice Guys at a cinema in central London May 19, 2016.
Two for the bar: Liquor is as prominent as Gosling and Crowe.
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The Nice Guys is in theaters today – as in, right now.
