The Nice Guys
Eugenio C

Review by Eugenio C

The Nice Guys 2016

★★★★★

Rewatched 30 Dec 2016

As 2016 comes to a close, I'm ending off the year with perhaps my favorite film that was released this year. I say perhaps because I am still undecided between this one or Cafe Society.

This movie-watching experience wasn't like the two other viewings I attended (forced upon myself/willingly), one of them being in theaters, and one of them being at home, late at night, where I thoroughly studied the film, and all of its best aspects.

This time, I watched it on a lazy afternoon outside of Barcelona, where I went for New Years to visit my cousins. I had just been to the center of the city to do some hardcore tourism and attempt in taking some quality pictures, and returned tired as all hell, when I realized my cousins had just clicked the play button on The Nice Guys on their tv. So I obviously joined in.

Since I didn't love it as much as I did in theaters when I watched it late at night on my own tv, I expected to like it, but even less than the last viewing. As always though, I was wrong. And I liked it just as much as the time I had the privilege and pleasure of viewing it in theaters.

Everything from Shane Black's perfect use of violence, his excellent dialogue, and the performances in this film, I'd have to say that I can't find a massive con in this movie. It's not perfect, but it's very close.

Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling have the best chemistry ever to grace the screen since...

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