The Nice Guys has an IQ Score of 129/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.
Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted
Score Breakdown
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Shane Black's 1977-Los-Angeles buddy-detective film whose Russell Crowe / Ryan Gosling chemistry is the structural payoff. The screenplay's commitment to genuine noir conventions (the pornography-industry MacGuffin, the corrupt-Detroit-auto-executive antagonist) is rendered with comedic timing that doesn't undercut the genre.
One of the most carefully-structured screenplays of the 2010s.
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