Review of Cadillac Man (1990) by Kris W — 01 Dec 2010

"Legend. Lover. Salesman. A way with words. A way with women. And way over his head.".

"A high pressure sales pitch. A high pressure love life. For Joey O'Brien, life is no bed of Rollses.".

"A comedy about the near death of a salesman.".

"If tou can't trust a car salesman who can you trust?".

Not as good as I remember it being, but Willams and Robbins have a good comedic chemistry, Fran Drescher is really good, and it does have 3 or 4 big laughs, mostly from Williams delivery of a few key lines.

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Molly: You know what your problem is? You're a pig. And you're a chauvinist, and you have no respect for women.

Joey: I guess dinner and a blow job's out of the question.

Molly: I guess.

Joey: We'll forget dinner...

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Captain Mason: What's his name? Can't he talk for himself?

Joey O'Brien: You don't have to push it through my back to kill me. It's a gun. Bullets come out.

Captain Mason: What's his name?

Joey O'Brien: You wanna give 'em your name?

Larry: If I tell them my name, they'll know who I am.

Joey O'Brien: Good thinking. Why don't you make one up?

Larry: Like what?

Joey O'Brien: Anything you want. You're in charge.

Larry: How about Smith?

Joey O'Brien: Are you checking into a motel? Give me a first name.

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Joey O'Brien: You want to drill a hole in my neck with that fucking gun?

Larry: Sorry.

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[Joe is trading insults with a photographer].

Joey: You know what you are - you're an ass-half... Takes two of you to make an ass-whole.

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Larry: (to cops) Stay back! (to Joey) Tell them to stay back or I'll blow this place and half the fuckin' block to hell.

Joey: He says stay back or he's gonna blow this place and half the block to hell.

Detective Walters (Gary Howard Klar) (on bullhorn): Yeah? With what?

Larry: The stuff on my bike there. It's very explosive stuff.

Joey: He's got stuff strapped to his bike!

Det. Walters: So what? So's my little kid. Look, we wanna know what it is.

Larry: M2 plastic.

Joey: (to Larry) Plastic?

Larry: M2 plastic.

Joey: (to Larry) Plastique? Oh, shit.

Larry: Yeah.

Joey: M2 plastique!

Det. Walters: M2 plastique? You tell him we don't believe him. Where the hell did he get that?

Larry: Jersey.

Joey: Jersey!

Det. Walters: OK! OK! What does he want?

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Joey: Larry, I never did Donna.

Larry: What?

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Larry: [to Joey] How many girls you got?