Mr. Nice
Most wanted. Most wasted.
He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest prison. You'll like him.
Based on the hugely successful autobiography of the same name Mr. Nice tells the incredible story of the life of Howard Marks, "the world's most sophisticated drug smuggler." At the height of his powers he had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines and owned 25 companies trading throughout the world, whilst simultaneously smuggling consignments of up to 30 tons of marijuana and keeping contacts with organizations as diverse as MI6, the CIA, the IRA and the Mafia.
Set throughout the 1960s, '70s and '80s and with an all-star cast led by Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny and David Thewlis, this is the ultimate tale of sex, drugs and rock and roll.
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Mr Nice and Funny! - GaryReg
This is a classic in the vein of The Big Lamboski. Dry humour from a very talented comedian actor. You should remember Rhys Ifans from Knottinghill, where he played a flunky in a T-Shirt...
He is fantastic as a very lucky drug dealer and the lines from his Wales accent are not to be missed!It's a problem when you don't really get to know the person whom this is about - napierslogs
A common problem with biographical films about notorious con-men (or marijuana drug dealers) is whether to show them as sympathetic, or ruthless—as they usually are. The problem with "Mr. Nice" and Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) is that there wasn't enough meaningful scenes showing us who Howard Marks was at all. For those like me, who didn't know who he was before the film, this is a really big problem.
Rhys Ifans is very good at mumbling and speaking rather unintelligibly but making it humorous, entertaining, and somehow understandable. This would be a much more positive trait if the voice of his character wasn't supposed to be as important as it seemingly was. Although I still don't know who he was so I can't say if Howard Marks was an important voice to society or not.
It was certainly more artistic and thoughtful than most marijuana movies are, but much less artistic and thoughtful than the best character studies. Again, this is a pretty big problem—if you're expecting more than just a marijuana movie, which I was. I wanted to be educated, while entertained, about this supposedly important person, but I was not.
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Mr Nice and Funny! - GaryReg
This is a classic in the vein of The Big Lamboski. Dry humour from a very talented comedian actor. You should remember Rhys Ifans from Knottinghill, where he played a flunky in a T-Shirt...
He is fantastic as a very lucky drug dealer and the lines ...It's a problem when you don't really get to know the person whom this is about - napierslogs
A common problem with biographical films about notorious con-men (or marijuana drug dealers) is whether to show them as sympathetic, or ruthless—as they usually are. The problem with "Mr. Nice" and Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) is that there wasn't enough meaningful ...