Films like The Nice Guys — re-pass.

The Nice Guys — re-pass (2016) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

A Cool Fish (2018) poster
1. A Cool Fish2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mr & Mme Adelman (2017) poster
2. Mr & Mme Adelman2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) poster
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Soodhu Kavvum (2013) poster
4. Soodhu Kavvum2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Reverse (2009) poster
5. Reverse2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Riders of Justice (2020) poster
6. Riders of Justice2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Mafia Only Kills in Summer (2013) poster
7. The Mafia Only Kills in Summer2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Weasels' Tale (2019) poster
8. The Weasels' Tale2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

War Dogs (2016) poster
9. War Dogs2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Instigators (2024) poster
10. The Instigators2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Perfect Strangers (2016) poster
11. Perfect Strangers2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Little Man (2006) poster
12. Little Man2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Nice Guys — re-pass’s neighbours — where are yours?

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