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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Finally got around to The Nice Guys this weekend.

A lot to recommend it, but it kind of fizzles out at the end.

It's vintage Shane Black, if you like vintage Shane Black. Excellent use of violence [if you see it or are familiar with Shane, you know what I mean].

Worth a rental or watch on streaming. I can see where people called it an overlooked gem. But I can also see why it was overlooked. It's offbeat to begin with, and like I said it kind of fizzles it's promise overall. Don't take that as a severe rebuke, more of a 'aww, this could have been even more.'

It has one of the funniest bits of physical comedy in the scene referenced in spoilers below. Also, has a great homage to classic physical comedy, again spoilered.

Spoiler!

Funniest - the bathroom scene where Crowe and Gosling first meet back up after Crowe broke Gosling's arm. Great physical comedy from Gosling trying to juggle covering his dick with a magazine, open the stall door and get his gun with one arm in a cast.

Homage - 'drunk' Gosling channeling Lou Costello's stuttering exclamations when he finds himself sitting next to a dead body in the woods.

Totally agree on this one. You nailed it