About Detroit in Nice Guys
What does Judith want in the movie Nice Guys? Why does she say "what is good for Detroit is good for America"? She doesn't care that her daughter is dead either. What was she after?
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My understanding is that she wanted to help the auto industry suppress new tech (the catalytic converter in this case) that would cost them money, but be good for the environment. The porn film everyone was chasing was a thinly veiled expose about it. I don't think her relationship with the auto industry is explicitly explained, but presumably the auto industry gives her bribes and she covers up their criminal activity. It is possible that she is covering up their crimes purely out of altruistic notions about helping America but helping out a large domestic industry, but I doubt it. She must have been engaging in some illegal activity though, since she is arrested at the end of the film. The "good for Detroit is good for America" line must refer to the prominence of the Detroit auto industry to the US GDP, so anything that hurts the auto industry would hurt the US economy.
As for her feelings for her daughter, I think they were totally estranged at that point but their past relationship, while strongly hinting at being tumultuous, isn't really detailed either.
A pretty detailed plot summary is here
Quite frankly Kim Basinger's horrible plastic surgery was so distracting I don't remember much of what she said :P
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What was the point of the movie nice guys?
In 1970s Los Angeles, bumbling private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and muscle-for-hire Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) become unlikely partners when they find themselves both looking for a missing woman named Amelia (Margaret Qualley) following the death of a high-profile porn star.Why are they looking for Amelia in The Nice Guys?
Healy meets a teenage girl named Amelia (Margaret Qualley). She gives him March's name and address on a pink note shaped like a cow. March is looking for Amelia because he was hired by a woman, Mrs. Glenn (Lois Smith), to find her niece, Misty.Is nice guy story true?
Healy and March are not based on real people, and the disappearance of Amelia Kutner isn't a real case on the books in Southern California. Director Shane Black helmed the production of a script he wrote with collaborator Anthony Bagarozzi, the plot of which is completely fictional.Who killed Amelia in The Nice Guys?
Amelia flees the house only to be killed by John Boy when she unwittingly flags down his car. March and Healy are questioned by the police and then released, having no evidence that Judith is behind the murders. March realizes that nearsighted Mrs. Glenn didn't see Misty two days after her death; Mrs.Why Women Hate Nice Guys - MGTOW
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