Day 88: "I'm Don Ready, and I've got the goods."

Have you ever watched a movie and laughed so hard that your stomach hurt afterwards?  I just watched The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, and my stomach is killing me.  I vaguely remembered this movie being advertised a couple years ago, and it came and went without a blip on the radar.  Scanning through Netflix, the title sparked a memory, and I brought it up.  Funniest damn thing I've seen in a long, long time.  Essentially the story of a failing car dealership that brings in a team of "mercenaries" to liquidate the stock in four days so the lot doesn't go under.  Simple plot, big jokes.  This is a comedy that seems to be aimed at an audience that grew up in the eighties, as a lot of the jokes will probably be missed by a younger crowd.  The jokes are both subtle and outrageous, many occurring as background dialogue.  The characters were diverse and, in some cases, way over the top to the point of possibly being offensive.  I honestly didn't care.  I laughed almost the whole way through, and I don't mean I chuckled occasionally, I LAUGHED.  Out loud, to the point of needing to pause to catch my breath.  I just couldn't believe it.

Jeremy Piven is actually one of my favorite comedy actors since I saw him in PCU (a small, 1994 comedy that was a launch point for several actors).  Coincidentally, Don Ready seems to be a graduated version of "Droz" Andrews, Piven's character in PCU.  His snarky, sarcastic, smart style has been heavily borrowed from by the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Vince Vaughn, just to name a couple.  The rest of the ensemble cast, including: Ving Rhames, James Brolin, Ken Jeong, Ed Helms, and David Koechner, to name just some, play off the great script and just seem to be having a blast.  Several "guest stars" also make appearances, providing even greater laughs and actually adding more to the story.

I would love to put this in my top ten comedies if there was room for an eleventh.  Sorry, couldn't resist.  The only time it slowed down was during a couple of love interest scenes, but just about every movie's got at least one of those.  This one came and went without a ripple in the water, but I am now on a mission to spread the gospel of The Goods.  Seriously, see this one: you will laugh hard.  8.75/10.

See yoo tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!