Review of Suckers (1999) by Justin A — 23 Dec 2009

If you've never heard of this movie, its because when it was released (straight to DVD), car lots around the country agreed to buy every copy of it so that people wouldn't become aware of what goes on behind closed doors at car dealerships.

The first two acts are engaging, funny, and smart, and I loved this movie 2/3rds of the way through. But the 3rd act is absoltely ridiculous as it combines all the subplots into one large, explosive climax (to give you a hint, its a mexican stand-off) and that almost ruined the movie for me.

But when I thought about, even in the midst of its absurd 3rd act, I felt that "Suckers" conveyed the message it was trying to convey about the crookedness of car salesman. If you are familiar with the car business like I am because of my dad, than you'll definitely like the finer parts of "Suckers", but even if your not, I'm sure you'll enjoy its attitude and cynicism.

Overall, its sort of a B-version of Mike Judge's "Office Space", lesser in its writing but stronger in its consequences and despair.