Mr. Nice
MPI Media Group | Release Date: June 3, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
MovielineStephanie ZacharekJun 2, 2011
You don't have to believe all of it - or even any of it - to enjoy the rascally charms of Mr. Nice. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 30, 2011
Rhys Ifans is an engaging protagonist, playing Marks as a passive and seemingly unflappable character whose iron nerve and ability to keep cool in a crisis get him out of more than one desperate situation. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoJun 3, 2011
You don't have to be stoned to watch Mr. Nice, but it might help to be in the same state of mind as its real-life anti-hero, drug kingpin Howard Marks. Read full review
70
Village VoiceBen MercerJun 1, 2011
Though told here with appealing drollness, Marks's story makes an odd vessel for the filmmakers' casually advanced legalization arguments, what with its mischief making on the grandest scale possible. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJun 2, 2011
The result is a film that's long and choppy, with little narrative momentum. And yet at times, Mr. Nice is frustratingly close to brilliant. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJun 3, 2011
So what we're left with is a sort of contact high, drifting gently over to our seats in the back row. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 2, 2011
An affable throwback to those guilt-free days when hippie drug dealers radiated the glamorous aura of avant-garde heroes risking prison to spread the doctrine of liberation through cannabis. Read full review
60
EmpireDan JolinJun 1, 2011
A solid, often entertaining life-of-crimer which benefits from some stylistic touches and a faithful, convincing central performance. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn LevyJul 14, 2011
The film is built as a series of (possibly tall) tales that don't add up to a plot, a theme or a purpose. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisSep 8, 2011
There's too much narration and too many drug-movie cliches. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe LeydonJun 1, 2011
Mildly amusing but overly discursive. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 31, 2011
Writer-director Bernard Rose effectively conjoures an atompshere of poetic stoned-1960s British rebellion, a feeling of woozy, intoxicating possibility that will not-so-eventually be squashed. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyJun 5, 2011
Mr. Nice is hampered by tonal timidity and the inability to find a sufficiently entertaining through-line in Marks' life story. Read full review
40
Time OutEric HynesMay 31, 2011
This boppy biopic pushes a wealth of outrageous incidents while never making anything resembling a point. Read full review
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