The Nice Guys
Warner Bros. | Release Date: May 20, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 51 Critic Reviews
Positive:
45
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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60
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMay 19, 2016
Though the plot here may be a confusing, multi-threaded mess (which may in fact be the script’s truest homage to Chandler), it’s occasionally offset by the exuberance with which Black blends splatter and slapstick, and the leeway he grants his two very game leads. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 19, 2016
This is a dumb movie pretending to be smart, even as it wants you to believe the opposite. Still, dumb can be fun. Read full review
60
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyMay 15, 2016
The Nice Guys harks back to the 70s golden age of revisionist detective thrillers, but the result feels too knowingly déja vu, rather than bringing a truly fresh angle. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMay 20, 2016
The violence is cartoonishly garish and the yuks are few. Crowe, looking (deliberately I presume) flabby and somnolent, is more dead than deadpan, and Gosling, who appears at times to be doing a Lou Costello impression, is, to put it mildly, not in his element. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMay 15, 2016
That the film mostly falls flat has far more to do with the largely unconvincing material rather than with the co-stars, who are more than game for often clownish shenanigans Black and his co-writer Anthony Bagarozzi have concocted for them; in fit and starts, the actors display a buoyant comic rapport. Read full review
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