Nice Guys Naff Plot

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 2016)

Nice Guys is a film you can enjoy but does not satisfy.
Crowe & Gosling are really good in their roles but I felt we needed to know more about there characters and lives.
The virtually alcoholic private investigator (Gosling) with a 13 yr old daughter. I was left puzzled : Why was he virtually alcoholic? Why did his house burn down? What happened to his wife? Why is he such a loser?
You know even less about Crowes character.
Which is a shame as they both worked well together and it makes it interesting being set in 1977
One is searching for Amelia (Gosling)
The other is paid by Amelia (Crowe) to stop people searching for her.
The first half of the film is good. Why are people searching for Amelia, including some who intend to kill her.
But for me, the second half of the film was ruined by a pretty stupid plot, which I will summarise as follows.
Amelias mother (Basinger) is head of justice department. She (Basinger) is in cahoots with car manufacturers to cover up excessive pollution from their cars.
Amelia outraged makes a 'porn film' that exposes all of this. She intends it to shown at the 1977 car expo to reveal all the dastardly dealings.
Basinger is having everyone involved in the film killed, including her daughter Amelia and all copies of the film destroyed.
I know it's pretty stupid. Which is a shame because Crowe and Gosling did such a good job.
There are plenty of laughs, you start the film with high expectations, But 'Nice Guys' doesn't know if its a comedy, a thriller or a film with a serious message. So ends up a disappointing 6.5/10