We saw this movie at a sneak preview, and the earlier reviewers do not seem to appreciate that this flick is intended as broad satire. As traveling car sales motivational team leader Don Ready, Jeremy Piven is spoofing Alec Baldwin's role in director James Foley\writer David Mamet's hard-hitting 1992 cynical masterpiece about real estate salesmen, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. Imagine Donald Sutherland extending his short bit from THE DIRTY DOZEN in which he is impersonating a general to Sutherland assuming the lead role in a feature-length spoof of George C. Scott's Oscar-winning performance in PATTON, and you will understand the relationship between THE GOODS and GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. Does this mean I think GOODS is as much a "must-see" as ROSS? Heck no. I rated ROSS at "9" of 10, GOODS at 7. But GOODS is pretty funny in an often politically-incorrect manner, and the two lap-dancer ladies offer up a new definition of full-body contact Twister. While I definitely do NOT want to see THE GOODS production team take on SCHINDLER'S LIST as their next project, it would be kind of humorous if they could tackle the challenge of educating today's youth in a school such as Hogwarts.
Review of The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
