Up and down up and down

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2017)

The Nice Guys has two of my favorite actors in it, so I couldn't let it pass, especially this being a comedy and action movie, something that Crow & Gosling rarely play.
Perhaps, I was expecting too much, so I felt a feel deflated after watching this film. Overall, I found it entertaining, with some truly funny moments, but not always engaging, with a poor script and poor edition, and uneven performances.
The Nice Guys revolves about an unlikely couple of funny private investigators, so if the actors playing those roles don't click on camera and they are not on the same page, the whole movie is affected by a domino effect. I felt that this was the case here, at times there was true chemistry between them, but none at others. Also, I found Gosling quite funny, but Crow not that funny. To this, you have to add that the dialogues go from plain and boring to witty and fun, some of the scenes are really great but others a bit bad, so it was up and down up and down like a carousel with mechanical hiccups.
The film needed of a better script and edition, because some scenes were superfluous and didn't add anything to the story, while others seemed to be there for no reason, not well explained, like disconnected from something that was going to be explained but it never was. I liked the character of Holly and Angourie Rice is one of the best things in the film; however, I'm not sure that the character was really necessary.
I was thrilled to see Bassinger in the film, but since this is a comic action movie you need a bit of a caricature of the heroes and baddies to make you laugh; her acting was good per se, but I don't think appropriate for the comedic tone of the film, probably because the script wasn't 'there' either.
I found the production quite good overall, especially good for interior design and references to music and film culture of the 70s; however, I found some of the dresses and jeans not that 70s, like they didn't have enough flare! The same re some of the hairdos.
I don't want to be hyper-critical, as I enjoyed the film overall, but it also let me underwhelmed and feeling that all the elements for success were there, but they were mixed in the wrong way.