Ryan Gosling is riding high right now as the male star of La La Land, singing and dancing with onscreen partner Emma Stone. Right before making that movie, though, he partnered with another charismatic screen actor for a film set in Los Angeles, in the 2016 buddy comedy action movie The Nice Guys, opposite Russell Crowe. It may seem like an odd pairing – but in this lighthearted period mystery movie about an apparent murder in the porn industry, their comic chemistry works just fine.