Starring Jeremy Piven, Ed Helms, Ving Rhames, Pivens new hair
Roped in by another flick with people that I've enjoyed in other movies and figuring that I really couldn't go wrong with all of them together. Ken Jeung being one of them and the biggest disappointment by a long shot here. Jeung is a fantastic stand up comic and writer but here he seemed like an awkward first year theater student, just terrible acting all around. The next big let down was the completely absent editing team. This flick was choppy as hell and several jokes seemed to be trimmed or toned down and that really took away from some potentially funny scenes. Its almost as if they were playing it safe at times and the other times where they were aiming for an audience pop things just fell flat.
Now onto the shameless promotion of cigarettes yet again in an irresponsible scene that kicks off the movie. Useless and stupid. You cant smoke on planes anymore because science has proven that it EFFING KILLS YOU, it has nothing to do with people trampling on your rights so why do I have to sit through a tiresome scene where Piven harkens back to the good old days when you could smoke on a plane and he gives such a rousing speech that he convinces everyone on board that its actually a good idea to light up.
My common sense and ideals aside, this movie failed on many many more levels. The Hangover for example is now the highest grossing R rated comedy of all time and deserves all the praise it has received and that's because they were aloud to do so much more with a restricted stamp where as The Goods was forced to cut so many almost funny scenes in an attempt to get a lower rating and thus reach a broader audience. The audience may be broader but when the crowd is walking out as a couple did today when I caught the matinee then you've clearly made the wrong call. I cant blame the actors but rather the producers and studios for this one not reaching a tenth of its potential.
Having been a fan of Pivens since 1993 when I saw him in Judgement Night I've been waiting patiently for all these years for the rest of North America to catch on and with his multiple Emmy wins recently and finally getting the push he deserves of starring in his own vehicle its just a shame that it falls so flat.
Better luck next time and I hope the gloves come off then.
Rating 1 awkward cast out of 5
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