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A Masterpiece!

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is what it is. A really good slapstick comedy. Do not expect it to be a highly intelligent comedy. It's instead filled with really funny crude comedy lines which if you are into these types of comedies, you will really enjoy this one. Bonus if you have or work in the auto business.

GREAT cast (in addition to the ones mentioned above), with some funny jokes, a solid concept, and great comedic timing (the latter which I expected, since Chappelle's Show, of which Brennan was the co-creator, was extremely good at that)…so why didn't I stay laughing? Why was I ready for this movie to be over halfway through? I think I figured it out: Piven was not a good fit for his role as the namesake and centerpiece of the film. Don Ready is supposed to be a salesman who is confident to a ridiculous and often-oblivious degree. What makes Piven so convincing and awesome as Ari Gold on Entourage is that he is anything but oblivious; he has a great deal of situational awareness, but often acts like an A-hole out of necessity. Piven is a good actor, but is better suited to roles that give off humor as a by-product; he is not a funnyman in the sense that you just place him center stage, let him babble, and watch amazingly-funny stuff roll out of his mouth, like Will Ferrell in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy or Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. In fact, I couldn't help thinking during the movie that Piven and Ferrell should have switched parts.Another thing that killed this movie was that, while many of the jokes were very well-written, the sales speeches themselves, especially Piven's, were average at best. If you're going to present a movie about the best car salesmen in the business, your dialogue during those sales, or the sales methods, better be incredible. I should finish that movie thinking, "Damn, that was a serious speech! I wanted to buy that car!" Instead, I thought the writers got lazy with the speeches; I saw a better car-sale dialogue on Friday Night Lights during Jason Street's brief stint at Buddy's dealership. The Goods's writers should have gone to the best real-life car salesmen in the business and solicited stories about the best real-life sales performances they ever saw. I bet you there are some real interesting stories out there.All in all, this movie came very close to being worth watching on the strength of the great supporting-cast performance, even the ones who didn't get top billing. Craig Robinson stole the show as D.J. Request; and Ken Jeong, Ed Helms, and Ferrell (as well as the others whom I've omitted for brevity) were also hilarious. I wouldn't recommend you spend time watching this movie, but if you are bored, are doing something else while watching, or go in with low expectations, you will probably get some enjoyment out of it.For more reviews and a kickass podcast, check out www.livemancave.com

"The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" is a formulaic "gross-out" comedy in which a talented car salesman is given 3 days to sell a couple hundred cars. He gets the job done, defeats a snobbish villain, wins the girl and lives happily ever after.The film was directed by Neal Brennan, who is himself a stand-up comedian, and so possesses a better sense of humour than most of these formula pictures. He serves up some good politically incorrect jokes, much vulgarity and crassness.The film's best (and most wrong) joke involves a middle aged woman's attraction to a 10 year old boy who has a genetic disorder which makes him look like a fully grown man. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending how you like your humour) this subplot was heavily cut due to fickle producers. Expect more paedophile humour in the future, as audiences have become desensitised to racism, swearing, rape, homosexuality, bestiality and most other taboos.7.9/10 - Worth one viewing.

I was totally on board for this movie. The characters were all solid and memorable and even though the plot was out there I was invested enough in in the cast to follow it. There is an excellent cast with some nice cameos and Jeremy Piven does a great job as the slick sales person and as a tormented jester but I can see why this movie would have so many detractors. It goes out on a limb fairly often and takes chances with framing, music, characters, etc. The movie will focus on unexpected nuances and place them in an interesting light and it can be a bit weird. Even though it doesn't always nail it, the trying makes it an original and straight up hilarious flick.