Directed by Neal Brennan. Starring Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Charles Napier, Jordan Spiro, Will Ferrell. Comedy. Synopsis: A used car salesman and his team are hired by a struggling dealership in Temecula, California to make their Fourth of July promotion profitable.
O.k., you need to go into this one with a clear understanding of what you're going to get and hang on tight, because it's going to be a frenetic pace. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is nothing but irreverant and non-stop humor and, make no mistake by looking at some of the accomplished dramatic actors in the cast, it makes absolutely no attempt to be anything other than low brow.
So, if you're looking or expecting a smart comedy or a story with serious underpinnings told with a comedic bent, pass on this one. On the other hand, if you're looking for something to make you laugh and spare no expense on sensitive (and, therefore ripe for comedy) issues like religion, sexual orientation, promiscuity, and ethnicity, this flick might be for you.
Jeremy Piven plays Don Ready, a fast talking used car salesman who is at the top of his profession. He is also into chasing women and partying hard wherever he ends while crisscrossing the country with his posse of a sales team, including Jibby (Ving Rhames Shooting Gallery), Brent (David Koechner Talladega Nights: The Legend Of Ricky Bobby), and Babs ( Kathryn Hahn Stepbrothers). We meet this team of hot selling ne'er do wells ins a strip club where they're having breakfast and, just so you know for sure the type of comedy you're in for, we hear Brent tell Jibby, "I don't think I can have breakfast anywhere but a strip club, my ma used to cook in the nude." Okay. Told you it was irreverant.
Our crew receives an invite from a struggling car dealership in Temecula, California to help boost sales during a big Holiday promotion. The owner of the dealership (James Brolin Traffic) is a little bit odd, and overtly interested in Brent as more than a friend. (Yup, you read that right) He also has a 10 year old son in a fully grown body due to a "pituitary" probelm that Babs wants to deflower, and an engaged daughter (Jordan Spiro) who becomes the object of the promiscuous Don's intentions. Ben has an interesting sales force of his own, most notably an Iwo Jima veteran (Charles Napier Philadelphia) who sometimes forgets the war is really over. There is also a subplot of Don meeting up with a young 22 year old Temecula salesman who reminds Don of himself...then notes that he hasn't been to Temecula in about...twenty two years or so.
Look, the plot is pointless, the whole object of this film is to generate some laughs...and I have to say it does. In all honesty, did it go through my mind that the material was a little beneath dramatic talents like Rhames, Brolin, and Piven? Yup, it did, but they obviously didn't think so, so I got over it quickly.The flick won't be for everyone, but no flick is, just understand that some things that are spoofed or joked about here will be over the line for many people. Also, look for a cameo from Alan Thicke and a couple of scenes from Will Ferrell (Stepbrothers)-Ferrell I think is uncredited but, trust me, he's in there so fans of Will take that into account.
His scene as the deceased partner of Don's appearing to him with two angels singing some dirty dittys in the background was probably the funniest scene in the flick, in my opinion. But, there are many of them, non-stop. If you can take irreverent humor, and aren't too concerned with plot and depth, you'll probably enjoy it.
O.k., you need to go into this one with a clear understanding of what you're going to get and hang on tight, because it's going to be a frenetic pace. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is nothing but irreverant and non-stop humor and, make no mistake by looking at some of the accomplished dramatic actors in the cast, it makes absolutely no attempt to be anything other than low brow.
So, if you're looking or expecting a smart comedy or a story with serious underpinnings told with a comedic bent, pass on this one. On the other hand, if you're looking for something to make you laugh and spare no expense on sensitive (and, therefore ripe for comedy) issues like religion, sexual orientation, promiscuity, and ethnicity, this flick might be for you.
Jeremy Piven plays Don Ready, a fast talking used car salesman who is at the top of his profession. He is also into chasing women and partying hard wherever he ends while crisscrossing the country with his posse of a sales team, including Jibby (Ving Rhames Shooting Gallery), Brent (David Koechner Talladega Nights: The Legend Of Ricky Bobby), and Babs ( Kathryn Hahn Stepbrothers). We meet this team of hot selling ne'er do wells ins a strip club where they're having breakfast and, just so you know for sure the type of comedy you're in for, we hear Brent tell Jibby, "I don't think I can have breakfast anywhere but a strip club, my ma used to cook in the nude." Okay. Told you it was irreverant.
Our crew receives an invite from a struggling car dealership in Temecula, California to help boost sales during a big Holiday promotion. The owner of the dealership (James Brolin Traffic) is a little bit odd, and overtly interested in Brent as more than a friend. (Yup, you read that right) He also has a 10 year old son in a fully grown body due to a "pituitary" probelm that Babs wants to deflower, and an engaged daughter (Jordan Spiro) who becomes the object of the promiscuous Don's intentions. Ben has an interesting sales force of his own, most notably an Iwo Jima veteran (Charles Napier Philadelphia) who sometimes forgets the war is really over. There is also a subplot of Don meeting up with a young 22 year old Temecula salesman who reminds Don of himself...then notes that he hasn't been to Temecula in about...twenty two years or so.
Look, the plot is pointless, the whole object of this film is to generate some laughs...and I have to say it does. In all honesty, did it go through my mind that the material was a little beneath dramatic talents like Rhames, Brolin, and Piven? Yup, it did, but they obviously didn't think so, so I got over it quickly.The flick won't be for everyone, but no flick is, just understand that some things that are spoofed or joked about here will be over the line for many people. Also, look for a cameo from Alan Thicke and a couple of scenes from Will Ferrell (Stepbrothers)-Ferrell I think is uncredited but, trust me, he's in there so fans of Will take that into account.
His scene as the deceased partner of Don's appearing to him with two angels singing some dirty dittys in the background was probably the funniest scene in the flick, in my opinion. But, there are many of them, non-stop. If you can take irreverent humor, and aren't too concerned with plot and depth, you'll probably enjoy it.
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