# The Goods - Live Hard, Sell Hard

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goods-live-hard-sell-hard/506652>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 16, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goods-live-hard-sell-hard/506652 "2009-08-16T19:57:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goods-live-hard-sell-hard/506652/1 "2009-08-16T19:57:28Z")

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If you can get in free, it won’t bore you to tears. But don’t pay money to see this.

The script is predictable in the extreme, several of the sub-plots are creepy, and nobody gets to show their acting chops in the least. There was also a noticeable lack of titties. If you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen the film.

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goods-live-hard-sell-hard/506652/2 "2009-08-16T20:16:27Z")

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I paid for it. It was funnier than expected, and I enjoyed it. Was it a ground-breaking comedy? No. But it made me laugh, so I got what I paid for.

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goods-live-hard-sell-hard/506652/3 "2009-08-17T00:41:14Z")

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I was stunned to see Roger Ebert gave this 3 stars. Hur? I mean I could see it being a guilty pleasure, but…THREE STARS?

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**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goods-live-hard-sell-hard/506652/4 "2009-08-17T03:36:52Z")

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So is this basically a remake of Kurt Russell’s 1980 flick [Used Cars](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081698/)?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goods-live-hard-sell-hard/506652/5 "2009-08-17T04:14:04Z")

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Worse. _Used Cars_ had a plot.