The Goods

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     Many have heard the quote “don’t judge a book by its cover.” You may have heard this from a parent, teacher, or mentor growing up. It is possible to apply this quote to movies by simply saying don’t judge a movie by its trailer because if I had followed this advice and not watched ”The Goods” I would have nearly 90 minutes of my life back.

     “The Goods” consists of an all-star cast, wait I mean more or less well-known cast. Watching this film with an open mind you may discover all the characters start out okay and eventually fall into a pile of non-effort actors and actresses with the exception of three characters. Ving Rhames character, Jibby Newsome, Don Ready’s (Jeremy Piven) friend and sales partner, Craig Robinson’s character, D.J. Request, a DJ brought in by Don Ready and Will Ferrel’s character Craig McDermott a mystery man from Don’s past. Many hopes were held high upon seeing the cast, many known for comedy performances in the past. Such as David Koechner, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, the list goes on but not for too long.

Jeremy Piven and the team ready to ruin what could have been a good movie. (Excluding Ving of course)

     The basic plot is that Don Ready a used-car liquidator and his team are hired by a failing dealership to help empty the lot for the dealership’s Fourth of July sale. The one scene worth watching was the one that was previewed in the theatrical trailer so if you saw that trailer, you saw the good version of the  movie! Several cameos, impressions, sexual content, and language is all the film has on its plate but it is simply not enough to feed the hungry moviegoer. This film does not even deserve a long review, there is no more need to write anything except for good job Ving Rhames, Craig Robinson, and Will Ferrell. Oh and Jeremy Piven you were doing okay then you blew it sorry. 

Ed Helms and Jordana Spiro in "The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard"

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