This movie is a decent watch if you just wanna go with the flow, want to see two of your A-listers play whacky, misfitting characters. They do it A-OK. There are some problems with the movie though.
Gosling and Crowe make the most of this script, but the script itself is quite mediocre. It really feels like it was written trying to have all of thee theme ideas like "porn", "big 70s party" "driving around in bigass cars" "funky suits" "hippies and conspiracies", "mobsters and hitmen" "buddy cop" etc. and it very much shows.
The camerawork is nice, really brings out the stylish color palette of the sets. The style is greatly presented, but the substance and the plot feel somehow shallow, it is very full of deus ex machinas, the characters really do not feel like real people to me (and it is not the fault of the actors), maybe except the Gosling daughter.
Gosling and Crowe make the most of this script, but the script itself is quite mediocre. It really feels like it was written trying to have all of thee theme ideas like "porn", "big 70s party" "driving around in bigass cars" "funky suits" "hippies and conspiracies", "mobsters and hitmen" "buddy cop" etc. and it very much shows.
The camerawork is nice, really brings out the stylish color palette of the sets. The style is greatly presented, but the substance and the plot feel somehow shallow, it is very full of deus ex machinas, the characters really do not feel like real people to me (and it is not the fault of the actors), maybe except the Gosling daughter.
