The Nice Guys
The Nice Guys2016 – 1hr 56min – Cert 15
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Directed by: Shane Black
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Kim Basinger, Margaret Qualley, Yaya DaCosta, Matt Bomer
Bookings: email filmnight@rockbournevillagehall.org.uk or phone Lucy Matthews 01725 518695
“The Nice Guys is no Casablanca, but it’s a hell of a party.” The Telegraph
We often hear the plea for films ’like the studios used to make’, with laugh-out-loud comedy and just good uncomplicated entertainment. Well here we are, The Nice Guys is self-consciously ‘old fashioned’, set in 1970s Los Angeles.
Two of the most popular stars in Hollywood, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, are at their slickest and most effective best. The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed private eye Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (scene-stealing Angourie Rice), he encounters less licensed and less hands-off private eye / enforcer Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe). Essentially a ‘buddy movie’, The Nice Guys is not so old fashioned that it eschews a little bad language, sex and nudity and, of course, our two intrepid heroes find themselves deeper in the mire than they, or indeed we, expected. But go with the flow and we defy you not to end the evening with a smile on your face for the whole human race! John Crome
Doors open 7:00pm, Film 7:30 £6, Supper 9:15 £6, wine £11/bottle
Pay at the door, last bookings 1200 Sunday 15th January 2017
Next film: Bridget Jones’s Baby – Wednesday 16th February
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