Goods, The: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
There are stupid movies released each and every week but they are accidentally stupid. You know, they try to either act like they're something great or they act like they're trying to say something special but in reality, they're just downright stupid. This film, on the other hand, wants to be stupid and it does that very well. The minimum plot centers on a rundown car lot where no cars are being moved so the owner (James Brolin) gets desperate and calls in Don Ready (Jeremy Piven) and his group of talents to get people in and out in vehicles. What happens next is our group of salesmen and one child-molesting woman set out to get all the cars sold. That's pretty much the entire story as we see one sale after another and one vulgar scene after another. If you don't mind outrageously stupid and vulgar situations then you might find yourself laughing some at this movie. The movie has a lot of jokes flying around constantly and many fall flat on their faces but there are many that also work. We get a lot of politically incorrect humor with a lot of it coming from a crazy vet who is constantly going off on gays, Japanese and many other groups, although he's usually too stupid to really know who he's trying to offend. We got one of the extra girls who has a crash on a man-child, the owner's son who looks to be in his thirties yet he's only ten-years-old. Also on hand are strippers, perverts and various other nuts. The entire movie is rather insane so you're either going to have a good time or you're going to pull your eyes out. I've always enjoyed Piven's type of humor and I think he fits the role here quite well and really delivers everything his character promises. Ving Rhames has a nice supporting part and Brolin appears to be having fun playing a closet homosexual. Will Ferrell has a brief cameo and also produced the movie.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
There are stupid movies released each and every week but they are accidentally stupid. You know, they try to either act like they're something great or they act like they're trying to say something special but in reality, they're just downright stupid. This film, on the other hand, wants to be stupid and it does that very well. The minimum plot centers on a rundown car lot where no cars are being moved so the owner (James Brolin) gets desperate and calls in Don Ready (Jeremy Piven) and his group of talents to get people in and out in vehicles. What happens next is our group of salesmen and one child-molesting woman set out to get all the cars sold. That's pretty much the entire story as we see one sale after another and one vulgar scene after another. If you don't mind outrageously stupid and vulgar situations then you might find yourself laughing some at this movie. The movie has a lot of jokes flying around constantly and many fall flat on their faces but there are many that also work. We get a lot of politically incorrect humor with a lot of it coming from a crazy vet who is constantly going off on gays, Japanese and many other groups, although he's usually too stupid to really know who he's trying to offend. We got one of the extra girls who has a crash on a man-child, the owner's son who looks to be in his thirties yet he's only ten-years-old. Also on hand are strippers, perverts and various other nuts. The entire movie is rather insane so you're either going to have a good time or you're going to pull your eyes out. I've always enjoyed Piven's type of humor and I think he fits the role here quite well and really delivers everything his character promises. Ving Rhames has a nice supporting part and Brolin appears to be having fun playing a closet homosexual. Will Ferrell has a brief cameo and also produced the movie.