Review of The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) by Harry E — 26 Sep 2010

Mediocre. The comedic sendup of the inspirational-underdog-success-story is becoming a genre in itself, and this is no better than par for the course. Some of the jokes work in their timing and/or absurdity, but overall there isn't a whole lot that's interesting here.

Ving Rhames does his best with the material he's given, as does Craig Robinson, who has much funnier material elsewhere. Jeremy Piven can't really anchor the movie. And the little blurbs at the end explaining what happened to the characters after the movie has ended can sometimes add an extra layer by poking fun at what has transpired, but if the movie isn't interesting, as is the case with this one, then it's just not going to help.