When I first saw the trailer for The Goods, I giggled like a school girl. I was so pumped about the movie, I told everyone that would listen that I was going to see that as soon as it came out. I mean, the trailer was absolutely hilarious! Its a movie that stars Jeremy Piven (Ari from Entourage), Ed Helms (Andy from The Office), Ving Rhames, the naked Chinese guy from The Hangover and the cop that tases the boys from The Hangover, just to name a few. Then the reviews came out and the general consensus was that while it had a few humorous parts, it really wasn't all that funny. So, my joy deflated, I decided that I wouldn't waste $10.50 at the movie theater to watch it, I would just wait for it on DVD, and boy am I glad I did, because honestly, it really wasn't all that funny at all. Damnit!
The premise of the movie is this. Jeremy Piven leads a group of crack car salesmen and women who specialize in going to failing dealerships and emptying their inventory for them. Well, the team goes to some podunk town to help the failing dealership once again. There is of course a series of obstacles that our team must over come, there's a romance or two, and there's a happily ever after...sort of.
While there are a few funny parts in the movie, they funny parts in the trailer are way funnier in the way they are presented in the trailer than they are presented in the movie. Jeremy Piven is funny as Ari in Entourage, but not funny as Ari the used car salesman in The Goods, which is kind of exactly how he plays his character in this flick. The movie isn't a total waste though. Katheryn Hahn (SNL) is pretty funny as one of the sales team who has a thing for a 10-year old man child, played by the taser cop from The Hangover. Ed Helms is really funny as a boy band douche/import car salesmen. And Will Ferrell has a pretty entertaining, yet stupid cameo in the movie too.
My advice to you is this, if you are sitting in Blockbuster and The Goods is really the only option, then you should watch it and you'll have a reasonably entertaining evening. But I'd recommend you wait until its on HBO or something and save your 5 bucks.
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