The Nice Guys
2016USA★ 7.15 pt match
What ties these together is loyalty under pressure. They share the same lens on class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, chaotic, erratic, and episodic.
RRRrrrr!!!
2004FranceLanguage: frDirected by Alain Chabat★ 6.3
Available in English: subtitled
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedyabsurdistwhimsicalchaotic
Pacing
episodicerratic
Story
warinvestigationcon deceptionpursuit
Emotion
belongingloyalty under pressure
Themes
class and moneycaught between worldsfamily wounds passed down
Feel
fun scarycrowd pleaserrewatchablediscussion starter
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Hollywood films like RRRrrrr!!!
If RRRrrrr!!! hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Ghostbusters
1984USA★ 7.54.5 pt match
Like RRRrrrr!!!, this one is rooted in belonging. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, whimsical, and episodic.