Disappointed

Rating: 6/10 (6 November 2016)

Russell Crowe is as good as ever with an effortless performance. Unfortunately that made Ryan Gosling seem outpaced and forced. At times his talent shown through, but it was just not a well rounded performance. The girl (Holly persona) was just plain awful. At stages she looked like she was reciting a speech for school. Kim Bassinger had a very small role, but she was a confident addition.
Ryan Gosling's character blasphemed a lot, which felt awkward and created distaste.
The movie had comical moments where facial expressions, mannerisms and banter made the movie feel human. The backdrop of the 70's was a nice addition as it helped the hapless characters get away with murder.
The plot is not the most entertaining thing about the movie as under the bonnet it is pretty much the bog standard cops and robbers script. As decorative bells and whistles to disguise the mundaneness of the plot, they added the 70's backdrop, 2 alcoholic detectives and a little girl with too much screen time.
I would recommend waiting until you can watch it for free on a streaming service as paying for this is not worth the coin.