''Awful Nice'' is a 2013 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Todd Sklar Todd Sklar is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. His feature directorial debut, '' Box Elder'', gained national attention after being self-distributed around the country. Sklar's most recent film, ''Awful Nice'', premiered in co ...

and written by Sklar and Alex Rennie. The film stars Rennie, James Pumphrey,

Christopher Meloni Christopher Peter Meloni (; born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' for its first 12 seasons and its spin-off ...

Brett Gelman Brett Clifford Gelman (born October 6, 1976) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Murray Bauman in Netflix's horror-supernatural series '' Stranger Things'' and as Martin on the BBC comedy ''Fleabag''. Gelman bega ...

, Keeley Hazell and

Josh Fadem Josh Fadem (; born July 19, 1980) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Early life Fadem was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he attended Booker T. Washington High School. He has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 2000. Career ...

. The film was released on March 7, 2014, by

Screen Media Films Screen Media Ventures, LLC. is an American-Canadian distribution company founded in 2001. In 2008, Screen Media selected The Creative Coalition as its exclusive nonprofit partner in launching the Spotlight Initiative. The partnership permits the p ...

Cast

as Jon Charbineau *Alex Rennie as Dave Brouillette * James Pumphrey as Jim Brouillette *

as Ivan *

Laura Ramsey Laura Ramsey is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in films such as 2006's ''She's the Man'' and '' The Covenant'', 2008's '' The Ruins'', 2009's '' Middle Men'', 2011's '' Kill the Irishman'', and 2013's '' A ...

as Lauren * Keeley Hazell as Petra *

Henry Zebrowski Henry Thomas Zebrowski, Jr. (born May 1, 1984) is an American actor, podcast host, and comedian, known for his work on the Adult Swim series '' Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell'', the NBC series '' Heroes Reborn'', and the podcast ''The Last Pod ...

as Jasper *

Zahn McClarnon Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon (born October 24, 1966) is an American actor known for his performances in the Western crime drama series '' Longmire'', the second season of '' Fargo'', and the second season of ''Westworld''. In 2022, he played the le ...

as Romulus *

Saginaw Grant Saginaw Morgan Grant (July 20, 1936 – July 27, 2021) was a Native American character actor. He appeared in '' The Lone Ranger'', '' The World's Fastest Indian'', ''Community'', and ''Breaking Bad'' and was a musician, pow wow dancer, motivatio ...

as Jonas * Charlie Sanders as Sheriff Wegman *

as Deputy Bruce * Jon Gabrus as Klaus * D.C. Pierson as Sven * Dominic Dierkes as Yven *Kerry Barker as Svetlana *Hari Leigh as Michelle *Nick Renkoski as Nick Becker *John Turk as Rick Ohlson *

Yakov Smirnoff Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (russian: Яков Наумович Похис; born 24 January 1951), better known as Yakov Smirnoff (russian: Яков Смирнов; ), is a Ukrainian-American comedian, actor and writer. He began his career as a stan ...

as Himself

Release

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 8, 2013. The film was released on March 7, 2014, by

References

External links

* * 2013 films 2013 comedy films American comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films Films shot in Columbia, Missouri {{2010s-comedy-film-stub