{"id":2340317,"date":"2026-03-21T21:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2340317"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:38:21","slug":"im-a-ryan-gosling-fan-heres-1-movie-you-may-have-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/im-a-ryan-gosling-fan-heres-1-movie-you-may-have-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a Ryan Gosling Fan \u2014 Here&#8217;s 1 Movie You May Have Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This weekend, I couldn\u2019t be more excited to check out the new <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ryan-gosling\/\"><strong>Ryan Gosling<\/strong><\/a> movie,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/ryan-gosling-reveals-kids-project-hail-mary-connection\/\">Project Hail Mary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sci-fi story follows a science teacher (Gosling) who wakes up on a spaceship with no memory of how he got there.<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0Project Hail Mary looks to be a fun, sci-fi spectacle, I can\u2019t help but use the opportunity to highlight a more low-key Gosling flick.<\/p>\n<p>The Nice Guys is a fantastic period buddy cop comedy starring Gosling and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/russell-crowe\/\"><strong>Russell Crowe<\/strong><\/a>, and it\u2019s still far too underrated to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s why The Nice Guys is one of my favorite Gosling films and why it deserves to be your next watch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/project-hail-mary-lets-ryan-gosling-soar-in-space-review\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ryan-Gosling-PROJECT-HAIL-MARY.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Feature Ryan Gosling PROJECT HAIL MARY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ryan-Gosling-PROJECT-HAIL-MARY.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/project-hail-mary-lets-ryan-gosling-soar-in-space-review\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018Project Hail Mary\u2019 Lets Ryan Gosling Soar in Space: Movie Review<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThree out of four stars How much do you like science fiction? No disrespect meant to Ryan Gosling, but that\u2019s the only question that matters when it comes to whether or not you\u2019ll enjoy Project Hail Mary, a 156-minute epic about the vastness of the galaxy (in theaters Friday, March 20). Based on the beloved [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018The Nice Guys\u2019 Is a Great Hangout Movie<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Nice Guys - Main Trailer [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GQR5zsLHbYw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Nice Guys follows private eye Holland March (Gosling), who is hired by a Mrs. Glenn (<strong>Lois Smith<\/strong>) to find her missing pornstar niece, Misty Mountains (<strong>Murielle Telio<\/strong>), an investigation that leads March to a young woman named Amelia (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/margaret-qualley\/\"><strong>Margaret Qualley<\/strong><\/a>). To get March off her tail, Amelia hires Jackson Healey (Crowe), a brutal enforcer, who breaks into March\u2019s home and breaks his arm. But the mismatched March and Healey find themselves teaming up for a shared cause when Amelia really disappears, and it seems like she is being hunted down by guys much shadier than either March or Healey.<\/p>\n<p>While the plot of\u00a0The Nice Guys sounds like a fun, twisty crime story, that\u2019s not really the main appeal of the film. In fact, the daffy mystery is probably the least important thing about the movie, and you can feel free to dismiss it immediately. The Nice Guys works best when you allow the plot to take a backseat and just enjoy the performances, character writing and chemistry between Crowe and Gosling. Think\u00a0The Big Lebowski\u00a0or\u00a0Inherent Vice\u00a0as opposed to a\u00a0Zodiac. The nostalgic atmosphere and immersive production design create an authentic-feeling recreation of \u201970s Los Angeles, the script is laugh-out-loud and the characters, no matter big or small, will constantly surprise you. It\u2019s a movie you\u2019ll want to dive back into again and again.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018The Nice Guys\u2019 Gives New Life to the Buddy Comedy<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:72.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3933229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Two men and two girls lean in toward the camera in The Nice Guys.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-lean.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Two men and two girls lean in toward the camera in The Nice Guys.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Warner Bros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Black<\/strong>\u2018s movie evokes the buddy comedies of a bygone era, like\u00a0Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Planes, Trains and Automobiles or The Odd Couple.\u00a0This is hugely thanks to Black\u2019s sharp screenwriting, which has charmed audiences many times in the past. If you\u2019re not familiar with Black\u2019s name, you\u2019re definitely familiar with movies like The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang\u00a0and\u00a0Iron Man 3.\u00a0Ultimately, Black understands what makes a good buddy comedy work. He relies less on action and spectacle (while there is a good amount of fantastic action set pieces), instead honing in on character-driven comedy, biting dialogue and a commendable use of slapstick.<\/p>\n<p>By putting less emphasis on the plot intricacies, Black can make a comedy that really works through his characterization, pacing, performances and a focus on writing jokes and lines that actually work. Somehow, The Nice Guys ends up feeling like the kind of movie that just doesn\u2019t get made anymore, and yet somehow this one was \u2014 this is likely part of why the movie has grown such a passionate cult following, and why fans denigrate the only very modest showing it did at the box office back in 2016. Of course, the real lynchpin of the film\u2019s success as a great buddy comedy comes from the surprising chemistry between Gosling and Crowe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>The Comedic Chemistry Between Gosling and Crowe Is Top-Notch<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:60.285714285714%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3933236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"A man leans over another man in The Nice Guys.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-nice-guys-movie-crowe-gosling.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n A man leans over another man in The Nice Guys.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Warner Bros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you think about Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, you probably wouldn\u2019t think they\u2019d make the most natural buddy cop duo in a comedy film \u2014 you might not even fathom that Crowe could do comedy well at all. And yet, you watch The Nice Guys, and you realize that there is nothing more natural than the two of these actors together. Both Gosling and Crowe are well-known for their intense, dramatic roles (more so Crowe), but The Nice Guys proves their deft funnybones. The characters themselves are the perfect foils for one another as a classic type of pairing: the \u201cstraight man\u201d macho Healy and the goofy and cowardly March.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/5-great-netflix-movies-to-watch-instead-of-the-2026-super-bowl-pineapple-express-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pineapple-express.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Seth Rogen and James Franco in Pineapple Express\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pineapple-express.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/5-great-netflix-movies-to-watch-instead-of-the-2026-super-bowl-pineapple-express-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">5 Great Netflix Movies to Watch Instead of the 2026 Super Bowl<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tLet\u2019s face it \u2014 not everyone wants to watch the 2026 Super Bowl this weekend. While most people in the country are yelling at their TV or attending Super Bowl parties, some of us simply want nothing to do with all that. And yet, we find ourselves in need of something to fill our time [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This clash of personalities is the main source of the film\u2019s off-kilter humor and why it\u2019s a cult classic today. Crowe and Gosling play off one another with aplomb, constantly matching one another\u2019s comedic timing and delivering witty, fast-paced banter with ease. But they don\u2019t just get great lines of dialogue; there\u2019s also a lot of slapstick and physical comedy for the Gladiator\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/the-notebook-cast-where-are-they-now\/\">The Notebook<\/a> actors to dig into. Gosling\u2019s exaggerated screams and the bathroom fight scenes are hilarious in and of themselves, but it\u2019s Crowe\u2019s muted reactions in these moments that act as the cherry on top.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/amzn1.dv.gti.eaaa62a6-a2b6-4251-229c-7ace9542ae09?autoplay=0&amp;ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb\">Rent\u00a0The Nice Guys on Amazon Prime Video.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, I couldn\u2019t be more excited to check out the new Ryan Gosling movie,\u00a0Project Hail Mary. The sci-fi story follows a science teacher (Gosling) who wakes up on a spaceship with no memory of how he got there. While\u00a0Project Hail Mary looks to be a fun, sci-fi spectacle, I can\u2019t help but use the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2340318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[21741,319462],"class_list":["post-2340317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-entertainment","tag-what-to-watch"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Im-a-Ryan-Gosling-Fan-\u2014-Heres-1-Movie-You.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2340319,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340317\/revisions\/2340319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2340318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}