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"Why don't we invite him in?"

"No animals in the house, sweetheart."

Goes right into a certain pile of movies (The Big Lebowski, Inherent Vice, The Long Goodbye) which utilize comedic trappings to explore emptiness, loss, and the strangling grip of capitalism. The tightest, snappiest, most deceptively beautiful screenplay in years.

me every time ryan gosling made a high-pitched noise: now this is cínëmà

when holly says “YOU WANT IT? GO GET IT!” and throws the film out the window... STREET SMARTS!! whew john mulaney’s impact

- "dad, there are whores here and stuff"
"don't say and stuff. just say dad there are whores here"
- "you took the lord's name in vain"
"no i didn't, janet. i found it very useful actually"
- "how much would you charge to beat up my friend janet?"
- "you guys wanna see my dick?"
"nobody wants to see your dick dude"
- "you know who else was just following orders? hitler"

why did this movie flop

who knew me and ryan gooseling had a screech in common... when i stub my toe on the bathroom door

[high-pitched ryan gosling scream]

feels like it was one draft away from being a really good movie (which puts it several drafts ahead of most other studio films so far this year). nice to have the real Shane Black back and doing the shtick he does so well, but too many of the gags fall flat, and the noir plot window-dressing — while meant to be inscrutable — is frustratingly empty. Johnny Gossamer would not approve.

on the other hand, russell crowe is *fantastic,* and gosling gets the job done.

[laurie metcalf ladybird voice] it makes me laugh

those guys sure were nice

"this is not you. you're not a murderer."
"she killed three people."
"i know, but i'm saying deep down."

quentin tarantino saw this movie and said wow that's my aesthetic that's what i want to achieve and decided in that very moment as the screen went black and the credits rolled to pay homage to this classic and have his 9th and penultimate film aka once upon a time in hollywood also set in LA around the 1970s, following a duo made up of two big hollywood male stars and (most importantly!!!) featuring a barefooted margaret qualley...... it's just facts!!!! i see u tarantino i see u

The perfect archetype of the modern cult classic: Great story with great characters, off-the-wall style that matches perfectly to the time period, sometimes razorsharp other times blunt but very effective comedy that mixes sizzling wordplay with visual/physical gags. The amalgamation of everything that a characteristic writer/director (Shane Black) has gathered through the decades, done with flawless execution. Quotable and rewatchable of the highest degree.

Of-fucking-course that it bombed at the box office. Yeah I'm still angry and bitter about it.

still some questionable choices re: amount of women nudity vs men but.... Ryan as a smell blind father to angourie rice still hits! Also RIP Russell Crowe’s Yoo-hoos ☹️

As much as I would love there to be a sequel, I dont want one because I know for a fact the sequel would introduce a new female love interest for Ryan Gosling to go after that would take up a significant amount of the plot, and I just dont want to see that. This movie is perfect because it's just Holly and her two dads being bad at their jobs and I dont want that to ever change.

Bester Shane Black nach Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!!!

Alle Zutaten sind da: Schwarzer Humor, ein ungleiches Duo, Gewalt und Los Angeles ;)

it was a nice movie with a pair of really nice guys and stuff! cool cool cool cool cool no doubt no doubt no doubt

ryan do be shouting like that and it is already: ✨"cinema"✨ he's really starting to be my own favorite genre

It’s 2020, the worst year ever.

We’re owed a sequel to help make up for it.

“I love how everything these morons do happens by accident.”

                           -Gabe 

Missed opportunity for a Janet/Chet fist fight

Inherent Vice minus drugs

crazy that this is one of the best comedies ever made, really makes you think

This is funny and super stylish but also has a really interesting and twisty plot at the center of it. Ryan Gosling, the king of playing moody, is so goofy in this! Another great entry into the “throwback movie set in Hollywood featuring Margaret Qualley and lots of cool driving” genre.

el tipo perfecto de película para ver cuando estas triste, me reí tanto pero tanto y juro que por dos horas me transporte por completo a LA con Ryan Gosling y Russell Crowe y nada más importaba