You won't see Captain America and Iron Man squaring off at an airport, but you do get Russell Crowe breaking Ryan Gosling's arm and then cheerfully downing a Yoo-hoo.
– Mara Reinstein,
Us Weekly,
20 May 2016
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It has the byzantine plot of an L.A. noir, but races through it with the breathless energy of Black's other work.
– Scott Tobias,
NPR,
20 May 2016
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Why see this film? Partly because of the leading men, but mainly because of a girl.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
20 May 2016
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The Nice Guys has a nice feel: just slick enough to keep from falling apart, just brutal enough to keep from seeming inconsequential.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
20 May 2016
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For those attuned to its amiably sleazy vibe and sudden alternations between violence and slapstick, it offers a guiltily pleasurable way to pass an evening.