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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is another clear indication that a vacation is long overdue for the loveable but played out Will Farrell. He only has a bit part on screen but as one of this movie’s producers had a big part in subjecting us to this bare minimum comedy. Another misstep is hiring Jeremy Piven as the leading man. His charming delinquent guy works in Entourage and other TV ensemble comedies does not have enough heft to carry a big screen production. Here he plays Don Ready, a super salesman with no moral compass who heads a take-no-prisoners sales team (Ving Rhames, Kathryn Hahn and David Koechner). They crisscross the USA as hired guns for desperate retailers with cratering bottom lines. It’s not until he gets an SOS about Selleck Motors in California from Ben Selleck (James Brolin) who has a hot daughter that unbelievably the edges of Don Ready start to smooth out. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is blatantly missing something from the title - hard to watch.

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