The Nice Guys | Canadian First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Movie Commentary

[@Simonsays90]

This movie is so underrated, also a prime example of why gosling is underutilized as a comedic actor

[@owennn-861]

@@kuhpunkt not necessarily, it could also mean the film didn't get the level of popularity it deserved

[@bamachine]

@@owennn-861 Yeah, this movie and "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" are both superb movies that did not make a mint at the box office.

[@TomVCunningham]

​@@kuhpunktso "underseen" then?

[@TomVCunningham]

@@kuhpunkt it's a real word. Lol

[@YourXavier]

@@TomVCunningham This. The people who know it, praise it. A lot of people never hear of it.

[@revolutionaryspectre9023]

The running gag of Ryan Gosling literally falling onto the next clues and never getting hurt by it, is hilarious. "I don't think I can die!" lmao.

[@jossecoupe446]

Me and my brother say 'this takes the fucking cake' everytime the other does something stupid lol

[@chappie_nottherobot]

The most underrated comedy of the last 10 years! Shane Black deserves the chance to make a proper sequel!

[@JBeck33]

It really is fantastic

[@sladewilson9718]

Absolutely agree. Theres a lot of solo films where sequels would ruin it, but there’s honestly a lot of places they could go with this one. Like for example his daughter being older, getting involved in some criminal stuff by association with someone, and bringing the case to her dad. But he spends so long telling her what to do, that she just works the case herself 😂😂

[@lonestarpiper4917]

This film itself was a spiritual successor to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Again, critically acclaimed with poor turnout. It really is a shame. EVERYONE i have shown this and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang too loved them both yet no one went to theaters to support either of these films.

[@2637amy]

@@kuhpunkt it bombed at the box office

[@thrk6952]

This and the other guys

[@kevinlaw6185]

I can't believe that, at the 20:45 mark, Simone missed the perfect joke. When Ryan Gosling falls asleep behind the wheel and crashes, and the briefcase bursts open, and Simone says "It's not real money, right?" George says, "Yeah, you can see it - it's like flyers and stuff." Simone totally should have said, "Just say it's flyers. Don't say and stuff." 🤣🤣🤣

[@Cadinho93]

"Dad, there's like whores here and stuff." So many people love to say Hollywood doesn't make enough original movies these days, but then a great original movie like "The Nice Guys" comes along and they all decide they're too good for it. This is why this film is so criminally underrated. It deserves a sequel so bad!

[@korganrocks3995]

To be fair, most people don't seek out information about upcoming releases, so if the movie company doesn't market an original movie, it won't get seen. The fault lies with the movie company for not realising they had a diamond on their hands and just throwing it out there during a month when there were several high profile movies to compete with and not even marketing it.

[@KyleS3m3noff]

Guillermo del Toro said this exact thing in an interview years ago. It was along the lines of "You always ask why they don't make any original films anymore? It's because when they do, you motherfuckers never show up!"

[@MarkHWillson]

@@korganrocks3995 This is the actual truth. Not marketed, and pulled from theaters before it even has a chance. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@DKSean]

My favourite under the radar gag in this is when, soon after March has the deluded revelation that he "can't die" (26:09), he gets shot at but the filmreel can blocks the bullet (26:27) He has literal plot armour...!

[@hettbeans]

He's so sincere about it, I love it. He's had a real eureka moment.

[@DomIstKrieg]

Ryan Gosling doing the Costello bit with the dead body kills me.

[@JeffKelly03]

Such great comedy. Also: fun fact, the dead body is “played” by RDJ in an uncredited cameo.

[@SadPeterPan1977]

And he does it note perfect too.

[@justdaved8638]

I thought he was a bit stiff in the role. 😁

[@mohammedashian8094]

@@justdaved8638I guess you could he was dead weight 😂

[@mojoshivers]

My second favorite Shane Black duo action-comedy after Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Everyone always says Lethal Weapon has the best duo for comedy Black has ever written, but I think his more modern films like the two above or The Last Boy Scout were more entertaining. I think this movie is just great and I have seen 4-5 times now.

[@khalamari]

One of my favorite roles Ryan Gosling has played. The first time I saw the bathroom stall scene I lost it

[@korganrocks3995]

Same here! I was in tears as he tried to juggle the stall door, the gun, his cigarette and his pants! 😄

[@waterbeauty85]

The punch combo Russell Crowe uses on Keith David is an homage to the punch combo he used on Joaquin Phoenix in "Gladiator," and Ryan Gosling's stammering bit when he sees the corpse next to him (Robert Downing Jr in an uncredited cameo) is an homage to "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein). The movie has lots of little nods like that to other movies. The movie makers are bigger fans of classic movies than most people in the audience.

[@jimtatro6550]

This is one of the funniest movies from the last 20 years, Gosling and Crowe are the comedic duo I never knew we needed.😂👍

[@chrissimon9879]

This movie has my favorite Ryan Gosling performance. Very gifted comedic actor

[@korganrocks3995]

He's absolutely hysterical in this. I'd only seen him in Drive before, so I was really surprised and impressed.

[@tylerfoster6267]

Shane Black first became famous for writing the original Lethal Weapon, as well as appearing in Predator as the guy who keeps telling jokes about women's anatomy (I'd say the word but I don't want my comment to be auto-flagged). He's also, by the way, *not* the director or writer of the original Predator, he's only in Predator as an actor, although he may have done some uncredited work on the script while on the set. He wrote and directed the 2018 sequel The Predator, but the movie was hacked to bits in post-production and is generally not very well-liked -- Prey was way better. In 2005, he made his directing debut with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which he also wrote, and which was the first movie that Robert Downey Jr. appeared in after being released from prison on drug charges. It's extremely funny -- given you loved this, I think you'll be over the moon with that one -- and I'm sure more than half the comments are going to recommend it. Although the movie was a box office flop, it proved that Downey was stable enough to work again, and so Downey returned the favor by getting Black a gig doing uncredited script doctor work on Iron Man and Iron Man 2, culminating in Black writing and directing Iron Man 3. As some others have mentioned, Sid Shattuck's dead body down by the tree is played by Downey in an uncredited cameo. Black sets every one of his movies at Christmas for some reason. However, that means that in addition to KKBB, December would be a great time to watch one of my favorite movies that he wrote, Renny Harlin's Long Kiss Goodnight, starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson routinely cites LKG as his favorite of his own movies. Also extremely funny and entertaining. Actually, you've seen a bit of footage from it -- New Line Cinema repurposed clips from it for the 3D movie that's playing at the theater in The Final Destination. I think the TV show Simone was talking about in the Patreon intro was "Soul Train," although maybe it was "The Electric Company." You probably recognize Angourie Rice, who plays March's daughter Holly, from the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, where she plays Betty Brandt (who dates Ned while they're on vacation in the second film, Spider-Man: Far From Home). Since "The Waltons" was on at the time when the movie was set, the guy in the movie is definitely not the actor from the show. I assume the mole is the reason he was given a nickname that matches a guy on the show. It's nothing like this movie, but I hope Michael Mann's The Insider (1999) is on your radar. A great true story journalism drama by the director of Heat, and I think Russell Crowe's best work. He's also in a really great Australian indie by Jocelyn Moorhouse called Proof (1991) that I'm sure almost nobody has heard of.

[@stygggian]

Thank you, you were much more detailed than I was going to be in all this.

[@KyleS3m3noff]

Got your back on Proof. A remarkable film, with a just-as-remarkable soundtrack by Not Drowning, Waving. One of my all-time favourite Aussie films.

[@okgo620]

Just an added bonus, Shane Black was also involved in 1991 "The Last Boys Scout" which he wrote the screenplay. Starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans.

[@g13n79]

Zzzz

[@tylerfoster6267]

@@KyleS3m3noff I also loved Moorhouse's The Dressmaker, which reunites her with Weaving.

[@playerone7663]

The moment that body hit the party table I knew this was the greatest comedy i'd seen in years. 😂 The dialogue is absolutely hilarious even iff you already know what theyre gonna say.

[@korganrocks3995]

Same! I laughed just as hard as George did at that one!

[@tylerbrown5526]

This is the first movie that showed me how goddamn funny Gosling can be.

[@earthien]

1:19 That's "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by Motown legends THE TEMPTATIONS.

[@MikeTaffet]

Gosh I adore this flick. This movie proves that Ryan Gosling can be genuinely hilarious, and his chemistry with Russell Crow is perfect

[@bowtie650]

Fun Fact: Sid Shaddicks dead body is Robert Downey Jr

[@andrewdunn8778]

Love that the opening music made y'all say it's either porn or private detective stuff and it was both

[@LobsterSpecial]

It is a shame no one saw this film on release, since it means we'll probably never get a sequel, which is a shame because I don't think I'd ever get tired of watching the two main characters solve mysteries. Main takeaway though is how great a young Angourie Rice was as Holly. She is in a film with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe and still stands out

[@g13n79]

It made a profit. Few mid budget films do

[@jmwild1]

I'm on the same page with George, I love these films where they don't pause for the audience to laugh, they just punch you upside the head with line after line and joke after joke, and sometimes setting up a number of jokes to deliver an even bigger punchline. You may laugh hysterically over another funny line but that's fine, if you're laughing this much already, you're definitely going to watch this film again to catch what you missed.

[@christopherdeguilio6375]

Gosling was a brilliant physical comedian in this. Classic Hollywood throwback.

[@albertsmith9315]

I own this movie on Bluray and have introduced it to so many people that had no idea that it exists. I'm in my late 60s, so I know this era of the '70s and they got everything right. No cell phones, no Google just old school driving around and trying to figure stuff out. Love this movie.

[@VoLuTheR]

13:19 fun fact, that's actually RDJ he's doing cameo because the director also did Iron Man III

[@jeffvar123]

The bowling alley scene was filmed about 10 minutes from my house in Covina, CA. I was lucky enough to go there a few months before they shut down and became condos. Although they were legally required to keep the “Bowl” sign

[@mikewhite6138]

The Waltons was a TV show from the 70s starring Richard Thomas (an actor with a big mole on his cheek) as John boy Walton. The assassin played by Matt Bomer probably got the nickname John Boy because of the mole on his cheek. The movie is not implying that a fictional version of Richard Thomas would moonlight as a button man for the Detroit mob.

[@coreyhendricks9490]

These thumbnails are amazing and funny at the same time, cool reaction as always Simone & George, you both have a nice day and take care

[@stephendavis6267]

5:13. One of my favourite little moments of this movie. Crowe sells that slapstick so well. He and Gosling really do make a great pair and in a just world, we would've gotten a half-dozen Healy/March movies.

[@charlesc7950]

Love this movie. The "You're a detective who can't smell?" line kills me.

[@grendelz]

Ryan Gosling puts on a comedy masterclass in this movie.

[@nickgjenkins]

This is one of my favorite movies. It's a comfort movie for me. Glad you guys enjoyed it

[@anvaryusupov8245]

Really recommend "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". It is from the same director and in a very similar vibe. Also duo investigators (Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer).

[@todd8398]

The daughter also played Betty Brant in the MCU Spider-Man movies.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

I scanned down a bit and didn't see this so I'm gonna say it - sorry if it's redundant. 🙃 Russell Crowe has said that his character in this movie and his character in "L.A. Confidential" are the two he'd rather like to play again in sequels. Nobody went to see "Nice Guys" so that ain't gonna happen any time soon but Russell's character in "Nice Guys" could be read as Russell's character in "L.A. Confidential" twenty years later. He's a bruiser who's doing his best to protect women in both movies. If you tilt your head and squint, Kim Basinger's character from "L.A. Confidential" got poisonously cynical after her experiences in that film, split up with Russell, got a law degree, went into law enforcement and ended up doing the bidding of the automotive industry so SHE works too! If you REALLY tilt your head and squint. A lot. You might need a blindfold for her, actually. 🤷‍♂ Anyway, the Russell Crowe thing makes me happy inside. 😊 Oh, and Robert Downey Jr. plays Sid Shattuck's corpse. He did it for laughs in return for "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." 🥰

[@ashkaunadib7638]

George is right about comedy. The quick jokes that you almost miss are the best.

[@LeeMoore-tu4gr]

So happy the are reacting to this. REALLY underrated movie!

[@llamalordno9998]

Oh THANK YOU for doing this one! One of the most underrated modern comedies

[@terryandjoe]

Thanks guys, so glad you liked this one, its so good.

[@kJ922-h3j]

10:08 I think that being anyway surprising says a lot about most modern American comedy movies and shows now 😂😂

[@rltrimmer]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has The Nice Guys vibes.

[@jamesw5353]

If you like this you would also like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Robert Downey Jr and Val Kilmer pairing!

[@Jewel_Owldove]

One of the most underrated movies ever! Crazy how it is not talked about more....

[@aidanfarnan4683]

I love this film so much, one of the best comedies, and most underrated films, of the past 10 years!

[@MisterRawgers]

One of my fav movies and soo underrated

[@dontknowdocare]

I saw this in cinemas but in the last 5-10 minutes the sound went out which was really annoying. Found the girl in the yellow dress had really striking familiar features and when I looked her up turns out she's Andie McDowell's daughter. Once you know you can't unsee the resemblance!

[@gregharker1600]

This movie reminds me of what it was like as a kid in the 70s. There really were some concerns about lead poisoning and gasoline. Detroit and the gas companies would go after anybody trying to get the lead out. Clair Cameron Patterson was the scientist that proved lead gasoline was deadly. The companies went after him, and he was protected by all branches of the USA military. Protestors faking death were real as well. Smog over California was brutal in the 70s.

[@closetoyou28]

The song in the beginning is actually a song by the Temptations called Papa was a Rolling Stone.

[@korganrocks3995]

Holy crap, why didn't I realise that? I've heard that song a thousand times, but somehow George gaslit me into thinking this was the Shaft theme song(which I've also heard a thousand times!)

[@CineRam]

No one writes spicier insults for his characters than Shane Black. Others have already recommended The Last Boy Scout and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and I do as well. Plus, you should see Crazy Stupid Love which has another good comedic performance from Ryan Gosling. The one reservation I have about The Nice Guys is that Healy goes back to drinking at the end. That put me in a glum mood, and the rest of the movie was so much fun.

[@korganrocks3995]

I thought it was worth it for the "at least you're drinking again" line.

[@CineRam]

@@korganrocks3995 I don't remember Gosling saying that.

[@korganrocks3995]

@@CineRam Russel Crowe says it to him.

[@CineRam]

@@korganrocks3995 Like I said, I don't remember Gosling saying that.

[@JoshuaDay0550]

ive always thought this movie was like the perfect combination of dry and dark humor in a comedy movie. def one of my favs lol

[@daniellongo7611]

Interesting you say it has a "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" vibe; the young woman they're searching out is this film is Margaret Qualley, who had a great part in it. Best to you both.

[@michaelbarnard1769]

I've seen other reactors get confused by the John Boy bit at 21:02. "The Waltons" was a TV show from the 70s. The lead character on the show was named John Boy and was played by actor Richard Thomas who had a notable mole on his cheek. The assassin from The Nice Guys has a similar mole, so he is referred to as John Boy.

[@rustybarrel516]

Yep. I imagine very few people under 50 get it.

[@treetopjones737]

I know who JB is, watched it back then. Did not know the killer had such a mole ( not seen it before this reaction ).

[@TequilaToothpick]

Fantastic movie! I wish more people would react to this!

[@earthien]

FUN FACT: Sid Shadduck -- or his corpse anyway -- is played by RDJ.

[@bpowick]

One of the very best buddy cop movies ever made.

[@CaptainFirefred]

It's actually Pappa was arolling stone from the Temptations in the opening

[@LordVolkov]

Ryan Gosling getting hurt over and over is so funny in Nice Guys 🤣🤣🤣 It's a nice departure from him usually getting hurt in depressing ways (Drive, Only God Forgives, etc) 😅

[@waylander1978]

Shane Black is such a great writer and director. This and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang are two of my favourite films.

[@Crazyivan777]

My absolutely favorite film of the last 10 years! So stoked you guys are watching it!

[@arrow5599]

its very Elmore Leonard

[@actualkarenokboomer3158]

She is talking about Richard Thomas on the Waltons with the big mole. It is a show from the 70s. Gosling did some of his own stunts in this one.

[@YoshMaster]

Absolutely looooved that movie! Had no expectations at all, barely knew what it was when I saw it but I fell in love very quickly

[@peteturner3928]

This and Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang are criminally underrated gems.

[@Damnbrotherisyouok]

I’ve been waiting for this 😭 one of my all time favorite comedies. Was just telling my buddy the other night that he needs to watch this!

[@Kevonutube303]

"Papa was a Rolling Stone" by the Temptations, very cool vinyl from the 70's

[@beedubree2550]

i'm so happy Barbie has reawoken the world to just how good Ryan Gosling also is at comedy

[@courtneyroberts6011]

The song that was playing is Papa is a rolling stone from temptations

[@ricardo.01]

I love this movie, Ryan and Crowe are amazing!

[@bamachine]

This movie and "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" are both awesome "buddy" movies(both written/directed by Shane Black), above most of the "buddy cop" movies. I like movies like the Lethal Weapon series(also written by Black) but those two movies kind of turn the "unlikely buddy" trope on it's head a bit.

[@belesir8847]

love this movie, ryan gosling is hilarious

[@AMERICANNERD76]

I remember watching this movie once when I was in high school and not understanding some of the jokes. Now that I watched it again, I totally get it and am laughing so hard right now! 😂🤣

[@BubbaCoop]

11:13 What makes you say La La Land was in the 70s? Gosling's character was in a retro band playing 80s music.

[@eddiejravannen]

It this movie is awesome! How it's not a multi movie franchise is beyond me.

[@roxyvelma8981]

The thumbnail for this vid goes crazy, my fav yet

[@Fatmanrolling38]

I don't know if you guys have watched The Big Short yet, but it's also brilliant. Ryan Gosling is in that too.

[@maximillianosaben]

Hysterical movie! But should have watched Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang first; they're like sibling films, from the same director. They're very similar, and gosh darn funny!

[@Pengi_SMILES]

Ryan Gosling is a brilliant comic actor

[@andrew-jv7iv]

The film I'd most want to see a sequel of

[@Patriiiiick]

Thanks for watching this. It's easily one of the most underrated comedies(remember those?) of the last couple of decades.

[@Hogtownboy1]

That Felix sign is directly across from USC Film school. It is still is here. Plus Angie Rice is now a giant star.

[@robertstuart480]

"Shaft" is a blaxploitation movie from 1972, iirc. It came out in the same time-period as "Superfly", "Coffy", "Black Caesar", "Cleopatra Jones", and numerous other blaxploitation flicks. The original 'Shaft' film is pretty good, and quite entertaining.

[@groothewanderer3710]

Foxy Brown was my favorite.

[@Setzer81]

You two should watch Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang as well for your channel. It's also a very funny movie written and directed by Shane Black who also wrote and directed this film.

[@youtubehandle83]

Since you just watched the movie. Isaac Hayes, Chef from South Park, sang the theme for Shaft. And Yoohoo is a "chocolate drink". It's a popular kid's drink in the US.

[@drew.168]

Shane black doesnt make bad movies, especially of the noir/action/comedy ilk. Probably one of my fav movies made in the last 10 years.

[@KrystalAnn0688]

The song in the beginning is “Papa was a rolling stone” by The Temptations, killing me Smalls!

[@thefourshowflip]

I’ve been waiting for this one for so long; this movie needs more exposure, it’s so good.

[@sedonex]

"What's a Yooho?" Cue Matt Damon aging 100 years meme. I loved those as a kid!

[@laurelg9586]

My fav!orite drink as a kid!

[@timjackson1428]

The corpse that Ryan Gosling finds by the tree is Robert Downey Jr in one the greatest uncredited cameos ever.

[@karllim5231]

Woah. So happy you're reacting to this.

[@bleepy013]

Audibly said "Fuck yeah" when I saw this pop up on my subscriptions

[@Gqspeed13]

The Richard Nixon pool part was one of the best scenes of all time!!!

[@tbone35453]

"Well, at least you're drinking again."

[@wapak430]

Fun fact: Sid Shattuck is played by RDJ.

[@cctomcat321]

You guys would probably love Crazy Stupid Love. Gosling is hilarious in that.

[@youjutsusha]

Loved this movie was a gem.

[@coitusergosum2447]

Ryan Gosling's character pretty much only Rolls either 1s or 20s

[@fernandoparadacastillo5901]

Just saw this movie on television a few days ago. It's so funny, silly, ironically thoughtful, unpredictable, sweetly annoying and just plain weird. It subverts every cliché from 70s cop dramas and adds a little something that makes it very special and unique. I really can't believe they haven't made a sequel yet, this is the material whole franchises are made of

[@kyu2o337]

Lol, i love that he almost sused out the plot from the intro music alone

[@tomclemens5345]

Yes! Such a good movie!

[@vishalvenkat6]

This movie is super underappreciated. Of all the movies to get a series, this one deserved it the most. So sad that people didn't see it in theaters.

[@donaldseale2700]

Fun Fact: the dead guy they threw over the wall was an uncredited cameo by Robert Downey Jr.