The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Where to begin. I should probably start with a little disclosure. I do not care for Jeremy Piven. Not since the 'PCU' days. And odd that he seems to grow MORE hair as he gets older. Maybe it was that mercury poisoning... Anyway, I do my best to go into all films with an open mind, as I did with 'The Goods'. I had heard good things about this film. Friends of mine whose opinions I respect. Sadly, they were wrong. Very, very wrong.

The conceit of the film sounds promising enough. And Piven's given a pretty damn good bullpen to work with. David Koechner, Ed Helms, Ving Rhames, Rob Riggle, Craig Robinson... I could go on, but that may only serve to infuriate me (and you) more. It's quite a talented cast, with a below average script. And what makes it maddening is that it holds so much promise. It's the Ryan Leaf of comedies. Every time it sets up a joke, it always go for the lowest common denominator. It could have been smart and funny. Sadly, it's neither. The whole affair just felt lazy to me. Take a chance. Reach a little farther. Then maybe we would have had something here, instead of the crappy used car salesman of a used car salesman comedy that we got.

Report Card: C-