The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys (2016)

58 mistakes since 24 Jul '19, 00:00

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Factual error: Holland and Jackson drive in 1977 from the protest to the next hint to Amelia's whereabouts, passing through the Chinatown Gateway Monument, which was built in 2001. (00:29:10)

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Continuity mistake: When at the end of the movie Kim Basinger sits with the Nice Guys (well, back-to-back with them, kinda), March is already wearing the sunglasses that he puts on when she says "Boys, boys." (01:47:15)

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Continuity mistake: John Boy throws his jacket in the street, but in the brief shot where Jackson tackles him he's still wearing it. (01:44:55)

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Continuity mistake: When the older guy falls back and tries to drag Holly with him, she wiggles free leaning towards him, but in the reverse shot she's rotating the other way. (01:41:05)

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Revealing mistake: In the shootout on the roof, the CGI blood spurts are phony, their light does not match the scene. (01:41:00)

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Continuity mistake: Mrs. Glenn drops by to chat about the case; during the scene, her large square necklace is under or above her dress, randomly. (01:30:15)

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Continuity mistake: After the encounter with John Boy, March asks Perry a question. He says "They havent', and they are not going to." The sentence spans across two shots, with a visible gap in continuity in the way Russell Crowe puts his sunglasses on. (01:28:25)

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Continuity mistake: There's a brief cut to Ryan Gosling saying the line "Okay, so it's like Jack the Ripper and then your mom, basically." Amelie doesn't move, but her hair changes position completely. (01:16:05)

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Continuity mistake: The nice guys take Amelia to March's house and put her on the bed. She's lying on the bed, left arm stretched, green pillow shifted definitely towards the right. When she comes to, her arm is bent and the pillow is centered. (01:12:45)

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Continuity mistake: Amelia falls off the car after shooting once. She is lying one way in the wider angle, but when the two protagonists approach her, she's lying a different way, on one side. (01:12:15)

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Continuity mistake: When the Nice Guys are avoiding the police that is arriving at the crime scene at the hotel, in one shot they take a sharp turn, no rear mirror present, which comes back when they hit the brakes a moment after. (01:11:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Healy holds the pinstripe suit in the changing room, his thumb is on the label in the wide angle, it's not in close-up. (00:39:10)

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Continuity mistake: When the odd couple stops the car in front of the billboard, the Mercedes all of a sudden has a broken light and misses the hood ornament it had when they drove to the burnt house, and that it still has when they drive to the party. This damage happens in a much later scene. (00:33:10)

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Continuity mistake: When March pulls over in front of the billboard for "Pornocchio", his right hand is back on the top of the wheel in the reverse shot, it wasn't before the cut. (00:33:10)

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Continuity mistake: When March puts down the potted plant inside the charred house, Chet in the background is next to a shelf. He's approaching the same shelf in the next shot. (00:29:45)

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Continuity mistake: At the protest, the 'dead' girl in orange talks to the two protagonists; her left arm is in a different position between close-up and full view of the staircase. (00:27:50)

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Holly: You're the world's worst detectives.

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