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Used Cars

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by DarkHorse

"A smart and dark comedy that manages to let the audience in on the joke."

Kurt Russel was a computer who wore tennis shoes and he escaped from LA and NY. Now check him out as a seedy politician wanna-be who is friggin' fantastic at selling junk cars.

I can see this as a companion piece to Glengarry Glen Ross. Sure, this one is a comedy, but the tactics it shows are real (even though they are exaggerated) and the filmmakers have a good time showing the seedy sides of both professions. Politics and used-car sales: two professions that employ the same tactics in seizing their prey.

Forget who stars in it and what date it was released. This was a movie on the cutting edge of showing women's breasts. Who thought an automobile could show off a woman's rack so efficiently?

But this is not your average example of T&A = funny movie.

There are sharp jabs at things a lot of people hold sacred. Sex, death, politics, and cars. But the jabs have a wicked taste because, regardless of the road you have tilled, you'll be able to relate to the basic concept of "getting paid at all costs."

That is what Used Cars is all about. Get paid -- and maybe get your kisser on a campaign poster.

This movie is an unlikely classic. Like Blazing Saddles, it certainly helped pave the way for sharp and scathing humor.

Do yourself a favor. Rent this movie. Shut off your mind. Get HIGH (on life, that is.)

The Horse is back.

A solid, sometime hilarious movie. Manages to avoid being dated ... because our government is as shady as these fucking Used Car guys are.

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originally posted: 10/01/05 19:04:24

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6/21/07 Bubba Gumpp Momma always said this is an awful funny movie! 5 stars

10/24/06 R.W.Welch Uproarious send-up of the used car biz. Just flat-out funny. 4 stars

1/09/06 Jim Hilarious, don't drive a red car 5 stars

10/22/05 Tina Just a great funny movie with an incredible cast - so much fun! 5 stars

10/03/05 James Ash Went into this with bad expectations, which may be why I found it so funny 4 stars

7/21/04 Harry J Hilarious. Jack Warden is in top form. Awesome performances by all. 5 stars

12/22/03 jmsynth One of the funniest movies EVER!!! 5 stars

3/08/03 Jack Sommersby A comedy classic. Imaginative, raunchy, and gut-funny. Russell is a national treasure! 5 stars

10/20/02 John McKain This movie sucked ass. 1 stars

10/19/02 snowconehead YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAWWWWWWW 5 stars

10/14/02 Charles Tatum Hilarious movie; what happened, Zemeckis? 5 stars

9/02/02 y2mckay Cheesedick 80's laugh out loud comedy. Kurt Russel rules! 5 stars

7/12/02 KMG Funny as hell. 5 stars

2/19/02 Bart Shore Now on DVD, and cheap too! 5 stars

2/10/02 Andrew Carden Interesting and At-Times Hilarious Film. 5 stars

6/16/01 Bada Bing Crosby Under-rated little-seen comedy classic; my fav Zemeckis flick 5 stars

6/07/01 Playgirl i liked the cars in this film 5 stars

6/03/01 Mr. T DIS MOVIE IS F------G COOL!!!!! 5 stars

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Directed by Robert Zemeckis Written by Bob Gale Robert Zemeckis Cast Kurt Russell Jack Warden Gerrit Graham Frank McRae Joe Flaherty Michael McKean Fred Gwynne

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