Mr. Nice
2010 · Movie · R · 121 min · ★ 6.1 · 57% critics
A smart young man from Wales drifts from university life into the booming drug scene of 1960s and 1970s Britain. As his smuggling schemes grow bolder and more profitable, he’s pulled into risky international connections and constant pressure from both criminals and authorities, based on a real-life memoir.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-10-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (165 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a breezy, true-crime biopic with dark humor and a light touch, similar in spirit to American Made; Not for you if you need intense drama or a deep moral reckoning.
Pros: charismatic lead performance; funny supporting turns; lively period vibe | Cons: slow, uneven pacing; shallow character insight; low tension stakes
Themes
- prison
- wales
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- smuggling (contraband)
- explosive
- biography
- drug use
- elite
- conspiracy
- terrorism
- university
- ira (irish republican army)
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Rhys Ifans
as Howard Marks
Chloë Sevigny
as Judy Marks
David Thewlis
as Jim McCann
Luis Tosar
as Craig Lovato
Crispin Glover
as Ernie Combs
Omid Djalili
as Saleem Malik
Christian McKay
as Hamilton McMillan
Elsa Pataky
as Ilze
Jack Huston
as Graham Plinston
Jamie Harris
as Patrick Lane
Directed by Bernard Rose