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Mr. Nice Reviews

2009

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During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing. At the height of his career he was smuggling .. Read more

Starring	Chloe Sevigny, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis, Jack Huston
Director	Bernard Rose
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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  An extraordinary story
  
  The book Mr Nice was the extraordinary true story of Howard Marks and, more or less, explained, through the turning of the pages, how to set up a drugs empire. ... read more »
  
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  - Plymouth
  - 11 Feb 2010 at 09:44
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- - 0
  - 0
  Comedy based on Drug Smuggler
  
  Light hearted view of the story of of Howard Marks, and how he went from small town in Wales to drug enlitghtenment in Oxbridge to International Drug Smuggler, ... read more »
  
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- - HulmeWolf
  - 11 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 01 Jun 2012 at 10:09
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  if u love it its not a problem
  
  for the past few weeks my long term partner has been telling me a proppa weed lover to give up my favourite pass time well this film had renforced my love like ... read more »
  
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- - mckenzieking
  - 1 review
  - 13 May 2012 at 11:13
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  Good film - even if you know nothing about the subject!
  
  Good film, shot in a documentary style narrated film was a brilliant insight into what the life and times of drug dealer Howard Marks. I've haven't read... read more »
  
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- 1118681
- - SecretSquirrel66
  - 4 reviews
  - 12 May 2012 at 23:02
- - 1
  - 0
  A Nasty Mr Nice
  
  A good yarn and worth a look but it did tend to glamorize this crook who probably did a lot of harm to a lot of people.
  
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- 1117709
- - JimboD
  - 5 reviews
  - 09 May 2012 at 00:09
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  Buy the book instead
  
  Manges to miss out all the interesting bits from the book, you dont really pick up the scale of the operation through the movie. Read the book instead!
  
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- - Hollylovescake
  - 1 review
  - 07 May 2012 at 11:40
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  CRAP CRAP CRAPPPPPPPPP
  
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  this film is a pile of welsh crap do not watch if you value youre life. WELSH SHEEP HUGGIN VALLEY INHABITING HILL BILLY BOPPING IDIOT RHYS IFANS
  
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- - jamydodger
  - 1 review
  - 29 Apr 2012 at 21:21
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  Floppy Floppy
  
  They've managed to make a great story seem really crap. Poor acting, the Irish guy is not very terrifying, and it looks really cheap, what a shame. Flop
  
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- - baw
  - 4 reviews
  - 28 Apr 2012 at 21:56
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  mr nice its crap
  
  The book is awesome the film is crap
  
  The book is awesome the film is crap
  
  the film is crap!!!!
  
  Avoid it watch paint dry
  
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- - a customer
  - 27 Apr 2012 at 21:08
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  Not bad
  
  Took a while to get going, but it turned out not bad. Ifans carries the film by himself, with a funny side-kick, Thewlis.
  
  Wouldn't watch again - ... read more »
  
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- 1114455
- - rachaelknight16
  - 81 reviews
  - Derbyshire, England
  - 26 Apr 2012 at 20:19
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  - 1
  Dull, dull, unbelievably dull
  
  The story is really interesting but the film just doesn't deliver...anything. Very few laughs, interesting elements of the story or anything good. All in ... read more »
  
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  - elasticanimal
  - 6 reviews
  - 15 Apr 2012 at 22:20
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- - 59
  - 27
  An extraordinary story
  
  The book Mr Nice was the extraordinary true story of Howard Marks and, more or less, explained, through the turning of the pages, how to set up a drugs empire. ... read more »
  
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  - Plymouth
  - 11 Feb 2010 at 09:44
- - 8
  - 1
  awfully disappointing
  
  it pains me to give this a bad review but the book deserved much better than this awfully disappointing film, such a wasted opportunity! it just doesnt hang ... read more »
  
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  - Glenrothes
  - 16 Feb 2011 at 22:30
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  Very disappointing
  
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  I have read the book Mr Nice and loved it! I am sad to say though the film just does not give the book justice at all. Rhys Ifans was superb at playing Howard ... read more »
  
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  - Staines
  - 17 Feb 2011 at 14:15
- - 5
  - 1
  Very disappointing
  
  The book is a great, compelling read but the film is hard work. I resisted giving up half way through, but only just.
  
  Far too much of the IRA prat ... read more »
  
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  - NigShakespeare
  - 10 reviews
  - Cheadle Hulme
  - 05 Mar 2011 at 16:21
- - 4
  - 0
  Dissapointing if you've read the book.
  
  Like many others, I have read the book and as is always the case the film never matches up to the written version. This is not surprising - the book has the ... read more »
  
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- - Oscar280
  - 16 reviews
  - Norfolk
  - 26 Feb 2011 at 15:02
- - 4
  - 1
  Bit of a disappointment
  
  Considering that this was adapted from Howard Marks riveting book Mr Nice i've got to say that this movie really doesn't do that book justice. The film ... read more »
  
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- - Martin77
  - 160 reviews
  - PLYMOUTH
  - 29 Jan 2011 at 00:35
- - 4
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  Mr Nice
  
  It is always nice to watch a film that has been well executed, this is not one of them. The production is really poor, its full of file images and overlays of ... read more »
  
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- - blackswan
  - 4 reviews
  - 29 Jul 2011 at 20:21
- - 3
  - 0
  Interesting biopic, but far from perfect
  
  Worth a watch- I wasn't previously aware of Howard Marks, and his rise to drug supersmuggler and celebrity status make for an interesting couple of hours. ... read more »
  
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- - Carp37
  - 54 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 02 Feb 2011 at 08:12
- - 3
  - 1
  GREAT story, BAD film... what a shame!
  
  Well with Mr Marks story you cant go wrong, its great materiel, but i do think it could it have been shot so much better, great story bad film!....So many ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 15 Jan 2012 at 21:05
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  Should have stuck with the book
  
  What a truly awful film. Having read the book I was eagerly awaiting this one, I really should not have bothered. Very hard going to watch, was tempted to ... read more »
  
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- - 2DDAV
  - 4 reviews
  - 26 Nov 2011 at 10:47

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  During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing.
  
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  During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing.
  
  At the ...