Plot
Used-car liquidator Don Ready is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.
Release Year: 2009
Rating: 5.7/10 (11,608 voted)
Critic's Score: 39/100
Director:
Neal Brennan
Stars: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, David Koechner
Storyline In a desperate attempt to save his rapidly failing used car dealership, Ben Selleck hires a crack team of "car mercenaries" to ramp up sales during the Fourth of July weekend. Led by the fast-talking, foul-mouthed, self-assured Don "The Goods" Ready, the group has three days to sell over 200 cars. But as Don undertakes his newest mission, and quickly falls for the boss's daughter Ivy, he realizes he'll have to trust more than his cars and his crafty skills in deceit to make a success out of the daunting weekend.
Writers: Andy Stock, Rick Stempson
Cast: Jeremy Piven
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Don Ready
Ving Rhames
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Gibby Newsome
James Brolin
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Ben Selleck
David Koechner
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Brent Gage
Kathryn Hahn
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Babs Merrick
Ed Helms
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Paxton Harding
Jordana Spiro
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Ivy Selleck
Tony Hale
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Wade Zooha
Ken Jeong
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Teddy Dang
Rob Riggle
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Peter Selleck
Alan Thicke
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Stu Harding
Charles Napier
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Dick Lewiston
Jonathan Sadowski
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Blake
Noureen DeWulf
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Heather
Wendie Malick
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Tammy Selleck
Opening Weekend: $5,642,137
(USA)
(16 August 2009)
(1838 Screens)
Gross: $15,102,127
(USA)
(27 September 2009)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The Trans Am at Selleck Motors most likely wasn't used in the making of Smokey and the Bandit. The most telling sign of this is that the interior is golden brown, and not dark blue which was the color of the interior in the original Bandit car.
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
While trying to convince "Paxton Harding" to purchase a vehicle, "Don Ready" suggests he take his band on a tour of the Florida Panhandle. The first city he mentions in Gainesville, which is located North Florida, not the Panhandle.
Quotes: DeeJay:
[in cheerful DJ voice]
Hey guys! A couple of guys came in here earlier looking for Vanessa and I got a little bit of bad news for you... Vanessa is dead! Here's Radio Moscow...
User Review
Perhaps targeted at an over-40 audience?
Rating: 9/10
I gotta say, I was surprised (as I'm sure The Goods' many detractors
will be) by how much I laughed during this movie. The jokes were silly
and often in the background. And funny.
I am really not sure what made me laugh so hard. I think it boiled down
to the fact that The Goods is a good ol' raunchy comedy, but with a
twist: It seems to be aimed at adults who have lived life a bit, not
the Superbad crowd. (FWIW, I do not see the humor in Superbad. I tried.
Twice. Couldn't get all the way through it. But was glad I had tried,
because it allowed me to laugh out loud at one of the jokes in The
Goods.) I am curious if there are older people (over the age of 40,
let's say) out there who also dig the film.
As for Pivens' performance, I thought it was weak in the dramatic
parts, but this is a comedy, so no harm no foul, and I understand that
the dramatic story is there because producers feel it's necessary.
All the players were hilarious. I thought maybe the psycho WW2 vet was
a bit over the top, but he did play that part well.
This is normally not my kind of movie -- cheap, raunchy humor is not my
bag. I went on a whim and was pleasantly surprised.
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