Grilled (2006)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Jason Ensler

Writers (WGA):

William Tepper (story) &
Larry Hankin (story) ...

Release Date:

31 October 2006 (Hungary)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

You can't beat their meat.

Plot:

Two meat salesmen (Romano, James) will stop at nothing to get a sale.

Plot Keywords:

Gun | Meat | Restaurant | Kitchen | Salesman

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 16

10:00 AM

COMEDY

Cast

Ray Romano	...	Maurice
Kevin James	...	Dave
Sofía Vergara	...	Loridonna
Juliette Lewis	...	Suzanne
Kim Coates	...	Tony
Burt Reynolds	...	Goldbluth
Michael Rapaport	...	Bobby
Eric Allan Kramer	...	Irving
Barry Newman	...	Boris
Jack Kehler	...	Abbott
Jon Polito	...	Leon Waterman
Donzaleigh Abernathy	...	Karen
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Renee
Jim Doughan	...	Andy
Lisa Jane Persky	...	Sally

Also Known As:

Men Who Don't Quit (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexual references and a scene of violence.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | USA:R (certificate #41359) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Avery Pix

Trivia:

Originally set for theatrical release in 2005, the film was pushed back both domestically and internationally secondary to poor test screenings. Ultimately the film was release direct-to-DVD in the domestic market under a new title.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Maurice and Dave get to the woman that belong to their last address card, she excuses herself for a minute and closes the door. Right afterwards, when the two talk to each other, you see the same door half open in the background.

Quotes:

Dave: Mr. Goldbluth, we can take you to the top of the beef world. The highest altitude in gourmet dining. Meat so soft, people don't even bother to use their teeth. The meat just seems to melt as it makes contact with your mouth.
Goldbluth: Yeah.
[turns head to kitchen staff, shouts]
Goldbluth: You hear that! You don't even have to chew it.

underachieved, but still enjoyable thanks to good acting

"Grilled" depicts vicissitudes of two desperate door-to-door meat salesman who are attempting to sell the huge amount of beef at all costs. This farce idea of the film is maybe improbable, but quite original and triggers off some laughs. However, the film is not very intense and uses mostly situational humor. The real stress is put on the leading actors who managed quite well. In particular, Kevin James is hilarious and Juliette Lewis in a supporting role as a loony suicide is as always great. Nevertheless, I think that screenwriters really didn't properly make use of an enormous potential flowing from this project. Thus, the script seems half-baked. This black comedy should be funnier and contain more types of humor. All in all, "Grilled' is an average flick with not enough laughable scenes and good acting