Mr. Nice (2010)

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The life story of Howard Marks, an elite British drug smuggler.

6.4/10
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60 Metascore

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  • Chloë Sevigny at an event for Mr. Nice (2010)
  • Rhys Ifans in Mr. Nice (2010)
  • David Thewlis and Rhys Ifans in Mr. Nice (2010)
  • Chloë Sevigny at an event for Mr. Nice (2010)
  • Rhys Ifans in Mr. Nice (2010)
  • Chloë Sevigny and Rhys Ifans in Mr. Nice (2010)

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26 January 2011 | intelearts
5
| My 358th Review: Given the material this is not up to par
Howard Marks' biography remains one of the more fascinating and erudite, and just plain gobsmaking pieces of the past 20 years. He captured the zeitgeist and his book is full of bathos, bravado, and even some pathos.

The film does not capture this well. Shot in a very linear fashion we get a A-Z account of the life, but it suffers from that film biography sickness of making the events govern - and though we get those events quite frankly it gets pretty dull pretty quickly.

Given the talent here they should have gone for laughs, and though there are some, they are few and far between. What we have ended up with is a mediocre drama about the relationship between the IRA and a drug dealer - and honestly, even though it is viewable, it's not exactly brilliant.

If drugs are your thing I guess you may enjoy it. I was hoping for something less brash, less linear, and just more. The fault lies mainly in the script, the script is just not picking the superb moments that would have lifted this to another level, and is way too "and then this happens."

Given the material this could have been an excellent film, it's just OK.

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Trivia

There's been some criticism leveled at Chloë Sevigny for the quality of her English accent. In fact, Savigny rehearsed diligently to perfect the accent using tapes and voice coaches, but was somewhat thrown when Bernard Rose insisted on going off-script and improvising.

Quotes

Howard Marks: The next morning I woke up famous. I was now pursued by the IRA, the DEA, Customs and Excise, the police and the press.

Goofs

When Howard Marks crashes his car in Ireland, it's obvious that the car went further than the film makers expected as the camera jerks untidily to the right to keep it in shot.

Crazy Credits

The credits appear over a super slow motion shot of Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) lighting and taking a toke from a joint.

Soundtracks

God
by John Lennon

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Biography | Comedy | Crime | Drama

Details

Release Date:

3 June 2011

Language

English, Spanish

Country of Origin

UK, Spain

Filming Locations

Benidorm, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,673,840

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