The guys are nice. Movie, not so much.

Rating: 3/10 (27 May 2016)

These are the main reasons why The Nice Guys didn't do it for me:

This film wants us to take its ridiculously overstuffed story seriously, while the latter is mainly used as a pretext for jokes and "funny" situations.

Let's remember some key plot development parts. When the duo is searching for names or places, they just happen to stumble on them (mostly while driving). Towards the end of the film, a car accident forces their briefcase to open and unveils the fake money. All these are plain luck, but sure as hell aren't genius plot development. (Lest we forget, the dream sequence that leads to the accident, with objects talking to Ryan, is a gigantic clichÃ©)

Small segments of random scenes may seem relatively funny when secluded from the context of the movie. Take these segments and multiply them by 4 and you have a full scene which is not funny anymore. They just didn't know when to stop. Gosling is another victim of this practice. He obviously has comedic talent, but is constantly overdoing it.

Didn't like the pacing either. While I was waiting for the story to make some sense, the film unexpectedly slowed down a couple of times. During these parts, even the acting became subdued, causing coherence problems. "Not quite my tempo"

A little kid behaves like a clever adult. How original!

Talking about buddy comedies, even Rush Hour had a huge asset, and I'm talking about the great chemistry between the protagonists. Gosling- Crowe? Not so much. Well, to be honest... not at all!

The two main characters can be dumb. But they can be clever too. Depends on the scene. Wait... What?

"How long has he been missing?" "Since the funeral." Hands down hilarious. NOT!