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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

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Original title

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Year

2009

Running time

90 min.

Country

United States

Director

Neal Brennan

Screenwriter

Andy Stock, Rick Stempson

Cast

Music

Lyle Workman

Cinematography

Daryn Okada

Producer

Paramount Vantage, Gary Sanchez Productions

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

Used-car liquidator Don Ready (Piven) is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event. Who is Don Ready? Salesman? Lover? Song Stylist? Semi-professional dolphin trainer? Ready is all of the above—except for a dolphin trainer. When he's asked to help save an ailing local car dealership from bankruptcy, Ready and his ragtag crew descend on the town of Temecula like a pack of coyotes on a basket full of burgers. Selling, drinking, selling and going to strip clubs is their stock and trade. And they do it well. What Don doesn't expect is to fall in love and find his soul (cue heartfelt piano).

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Critics' reviews

"A cheerfully energetically and very vulgar comedy. (...) contains a lot of laughs and has studied Political Correctness only enough to make a list of groups to offend. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"The script by Andy Stock and Rick Stempson 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."

Marjorie Baumgarten: Austin Chronicle
"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."

Vadim Rizov: AV Club
"The Goods motors along choking out enough lowbrow laughs to make for an agreeably nutty late summer ride."

Robert Abele: Los Angeles Times
"Feels forgettable, even though, in the moment, it's often very funny."

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
"Ed Helms and Ving Rhames score laughs. But the breakout is "Step Brothers'" Kathryn Hahn as the tough (sales)girl who keeps up with the boys."

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
"A comedy without a shred of obvious filmmaking and an endless stream of good, bad, sometimes terrible, often absurd jokes."

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"The oh-so-out-there mentality earns some chuckles, but that, along with Piven's preening, gets very trying. A hard sell is still a hard sell."

Joe Neumaier: New York Daily News

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