Mr Nice

This had crept up on me, first thing I knew about it was the trailer at the cinema. But I liked the look of it from that, so was up for this.

What's it about? The life story of Howard Marks, an elite British drug smuggler. (In a nutshell!)

Cast: Rhys Ifans - 'Howard Marks' - Chloe Sevigny - 'Judy Marks' and David Thewlis - 'Jim McCann'

Written and Directed by Bernard Rose

Soundtrack by Philip Glass

Summary: Quite an interesting story, not knowing really that much about Howard Marks, it was funny, touching and dramatic. Just like real life! Well I wonder how much of real life was bent to make the film better, or maybe it was all true. The screenplay is taken from the book Mr Nice so I suppose I could read that! That I doubt!
Anyway the cast were great, along with a fine script, the film was an entertaining study of Marks, not knowing anything of the man I can't say if Ifans did him justice. But for me I thought he was superb, maybe it helps I don't know much about Marks.
Sevigny was brilliant along with a great turn by Thwelis. Plus the supporting cast all did a good job.
I enjoyed the story very much, it had good measures of drama, comedy and some quite touching moments. The soundtrack escapes me though. The Direction was very good and I liked the cut scenes from 60's London with Ifans in, quite well done.

Overall: An entertaining 2 hours (8/10)