Synopsis
Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
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Cast
- Rhys IfansHoward Marks
- Chloë SevignyJudy Marks
- David ThewlisJim McCann
- Luis TosarCraig Lovato
- Crispin GloverErnie Combs
- Omid DjaliliSaleem Malik
- Christian McKayHamilton McMillan
- Elsa PatakyIlze
- Jack HustonGraham Plinston
- Jamie HarrisPatrick Lane
Recommendations
- 80
Movieline
You don't have to believe all of it - or even any of it - to enjoy the rascally charms of Mr. Nice. - 75
New York Post
You don't have to be stoned to watch Mr. Nice, but it might help to be in the same state of mind as its real-life anti-hero, drug kingpin Howard Marks. - 70
Village Voice
Though told here with appealing drollness, Marks's story makes an odd vessel for the filmmakers' casually advanced legalization arguments, what with its mischief making on the grandest scale possible. - 67
The A.V. Club
The result is a film that's long and choppy, with little narrative momentum. And yet at times, Mr. Nice is frustratingly close to brilliant. - 60
Empire
A solid, often entertaining life-of-crimer which benefits from some stylistic touches and a faithful, convincing central performance. - 60
The New York Times
An affable throwback to those guilt-free days when hippie drug dealers radiated the glamorous aura of avant-garde heroes risking prison to spread the doctrine of liberation through cannabis. - 60
New York Daily News
So what we're left with is a sort of contact high, drifting gently over to our seats in the back row. - 50
Slant Magazine
Writer-director Bernard Rose effectively conjoures an atompshere of poetic stoned-1960s British rebellion, a feeling of woozy, intoxicating possibility that will not-so-eventually be squashed.
