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Sarah (7798 KP) rated The Nice Guys (2016) in Movies

Sep 9, 2018  
The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys (2016)
2016 | Comedy, Drama
8
7.8 (29 Ratings)
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Great pairing makes this worth watching
What makes this film work is the brilliant pairing of Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. They’re very much like the odd couple, but they’re absolutely hilarious together and along with a pretty funny script, this is what makes this film so good. Ryan Gosling’s cowardice and girly screaming had me in hysterics throughout. And although Russell Crowe is playing to type as the hard man, he’s the perfect foil to Gosling’s character.

The 70s LA setting, whilst reminiscent of other LA based period films, really works too and is much better than any modern day setting. The real issue with this film is the plot - it seems a little bit silly and far fetched, and also a little bit confusing. It needed a much stronger crime plot to support the rest of the film. But despite this, it’s really worth watching for Gosling and Crowe alone, just be wary of the plot!
  
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CJ (8 KP) Sep 11, 2018

This this hilarious. I got a group together to see it in theaters and it was one of the best group movie outings I’ve been on. Def see the director’s other movie (starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for more great buddy cop style fun.
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Parfs (178 KP) May 7, 2019

This movie was a surprise for me. Didn't think I would like it as much as I did. Great pairing with Russel and Ryan. Incredibly intelligent comedy.
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The Stricken Land (20 KP) rated Murder on the Orient Express (2017) in Movies

Mar 2, 2018  
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
2017 | Drama, Mystery
6
6.9 (90 Ratings)
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Superb acting and period set design (0 more)
Slow, dull and uninvolving (0 more)
Ponderous retelling of the Christie novel.
This update of Agatha Christie's famous whodunnit certainly looks the part, and the who's who cast certainly give it their all. But for all its visual splendour, the film fails to really engage and is let down by plodding pace and bloated run time. Akin to watching a beautiful piece of antique furniture for two and a half hours.
  
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Hugo Weaving recommended The Rules of the Game (1939) in Movies (curated)

 
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
1939 | Comedy, Drama
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"My five favorite films would change from, you know, day to day, but if you want five of my favorite films, one would have to be The Rules of the Game, by Renoir. A fabulous upstairs-downstairs look at French society in a very particular period. It’s both unbelievably sad and tragic, and moving and funny. And a delightfully humanist film. In fact, a lot of my favorite films are like that."

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Misty Copeland recommended The Turning Point (1977) in Movies (curated)

 
The Turning Point (1977)
The Turning Point (1977)
1977 | Drama, Romance
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"It’s everything! This film also captures an exciting time in American classical ballet. It’s like it’s frozen in time, this magical period in the late ’70s and early ’80s when ballet dancers were rock stars. I loved it even more later in life because, once I moved to New York, I ended up living with Isabel Brown, whose life the story it’s loosely based on. Her daughter, Leslie, stars in the movie opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov."

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Kleber Mendonca recommended La Cienaga (2001) in Movies (curated)

 
La Cienaga (2001)
La Cienaga (2001)
2001 |
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"I remember the impact Lucrecia Martel’s debut feature had on film students, critics, and fellow filmmakers. It was released on one single 35 mm print in Brazil, and that was shredded over a period of a year after playing in just about all noncommercial movie theaters around the country. I love everything about this film: the obliqueness of it, the fresh and bold take on sexuality, the use of sound, the faces and bodies. It was also quite a reference for a filmmaker like me, who like Martel believed films could be about people interacting with a certain feeling of space and time, mediated by cinema itself."

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