The script by Andy Stock and Rick Stempson (Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach) can, at times, be a nasty piece of work, and no amount of laughter will fully obscure the gag reflex that occasionally forms in the back of your throat.
Although Will Ferrell materializes for a goofball cameo, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard lacks a key element that his "Talladega Nights" and "Anchor Man" both had - that is, somebody to like.
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L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
The few real laughs -- all two minutes’ worth -- come courtesy of Russ Meyer veteran Charles Napier as Dick Lewiston, the angriest macho male anachronism of the year.
About Piven: When did it go wrong? When did the caustic character actor guaranteed to liven up even the dullest movie turn into a walking black hole of smarm from which no joy can escape?
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VarietyBrian Lowry
VarietyBrian Lowry
The movie simply doesn't deliver -- living hard, selling hard and, before it's over, finally dying hard.
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Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
How can a movie as overstuffed with funny people as The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard be so listless and leaden?