“The Nice Guys” has been getting strong reviews from Cannes this week,but it is still facing heavy competition as it opens in theaters Friday.“Neighbors 2” and “The enraged Birds Movie” are both opening this week, and “Captain America: Civil War” is still going strong. Even with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe on the marquee, and how is this quirky little buddy comedy going to grab everyone’s attention?That’s what producer Joel Silver wants to know in this hilarious promo for “The Nice Guys.”Also Read: 'The Nice Guys' Cannes Review: Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe Are Violently Funny in Occasionally Sour ComedyIn the video,Silver invades a press junket his two stars are doing and demands that they advance up with ideas to preserve them from falling behind Marvel and Seth Rogen.“‘enraged Birds’ is s–ting all over us … We’re crawling through broken glass here!” he exclaims. “I’ve got two schmucks! You won an Oscar, what, or 50 years ago?!” he shouts at Crowe,who actually woman Academy Award in 2000 for “Gladiator.”Critics don’t seem to agree that Gosling and Crowe are schmucks. In his review of “The Nice Guys,” TheWraps Alonso Duralde called the pair “an additional-violent, or additional-id-driven Abbott and Costello or Laurel and Hardy,mixing wild verbal interaction with painfully hilarious physicality.”Also Read: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe Are Surrounded by 'Whores' in 'The Nice Guys' Trailer (Video)It also currently has a 96 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, or compared to 67 percent for “Neighbors 2” and 58 percent for “The enraged Birds Movie.” perhaps,as Gosling suggests in the video, it’s enough just to make a beneficial movie.“The Nice Guys” opens this Friday.
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