The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard…
The Goods is the latest comedy of the summer. It serves its purpose to make you laugh, but fails in being memorable. The movie’s bread and butter is the outrageous, however when not outrageous the Goods ain’t so good. It’s more acceptably decent than good. In fact the only scene I really remember is the cameo by Will Ferrell, probably not the best thing especially when it’s just a cameo and not from the main cast.
While walking out of the theater my colleague mentioned that he kept thinking Vince Vaughn when looking at Jeremy Piven. It’s not so much that Piven was bad, but Vaughn would have been so much better. Piven just never owns the role; his performance is pretty much a carbon copy of Ari Gold with a five o’clock shadow and a little bit more hick. Is he forever destined to be known as Ari Gold? He can act, I’ve seen him in many other roles, but currently, in my mind, he is defined as Ari Gold. Not that Vaughn is much of a character actor, considering ever single role of his is the same. And based off his documentary of his comedy tour I’m 95% sure he just shows up on set and plays himself in every film.
So wait for the inevitable unrated blu-ray, which will most likely have even more outrageous moments, other wise cable it.
