Advertised as the comedic balance to The Hangover this movie does not even come close. The Goods is brought to you by the same people who brought you Step Brothers and Talladega Nights; that's the type of movie it is reminiscent of. A movie that tries just a little too hard to be over the top.
The movie has an all-star cast headlined by Jeremy Piven who has recently been playing the same roles over and over again; that of his Emmy award winning character Ari Gold. The character is great but they may be going to the well a little too often. And he does better when he doesn't have to take on the entire project by himself. He is assisted by Ving Rhames, Ed Helms, and Ken Jong who has been all over the silver screen recently. Will Farrel makes one of his better cameos in the movie who provides humor along with his black angel back-up singers.
While the cast is strong the material they have to work with isn't there. The movie tries too hard to be an over-the-top raunchy comedy. They throw in some crocadiles, a chainsaw, and big riots but never expand on anything just moving from zinger to zinger. They throw as march at the target hoping that something hits but nothing quite does.
Jeremy Piven made a big push for the movie but the studios knew they had a bust on their hand so it wasn't advertised as well. Wait for DVD and until you need something absolutely mindless to watch. D
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