Actors: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling,
Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Keith David, Kim Basinger
Rating: 9 out of 10, If anyone was
wondering what Russel Crowe has been up to for the last couple years I learned
the answer last night – he’s been eating donuts. He and Ryan Gosling who they
now allow to actually speak in movies were a terrific pair together. The
semi-fondly remembered 1970s also got the obligatory skewering. They play a
pair of L.A. private eyes who are drawn into a convoluted missing person’s
case. The tone is irreverent from the start when a nude porn star drives her
car through an adolescent boy’s house. If nothing else this movie points out
the danger of hillside living in L.A. but I found it incredibly funny and
entertaining. It veers shamelessly between slapstick and action and never
forgets to be fun. It’s the best thing Crowe has done in a long while and maybe
the best thing Gosling has ever done. I really liked it.
MVP: Russel Crowe as the lovable, but
dangerous Jackson Healy
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