Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

dworldeater Used Cars is an early comedy cult classic by the team of writer Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis. This film is also produced by John Milius and Steven Spielberg. All of these people I have just mentioned are some of the most talented(and successful)to have worked on films in Hollywood and are responsible for several blockbusters and classic movies. Kurt Russell is on top of his game as Rudy Russo, a crooked, but charming used car salesman that is about to expand his skills to a greater calling, politics. Used Cars is a very wild and raunchy comedy, but with heart, great writing and great characters. The cast is outstanding in this and has some really hilarious and excellent performances by Kurt Russell, Jack Warden doing double duty as the feuding Fuch brothers, Frank McRae, plus Lenny and Squiggy and Grandpa Munster. Used Cars is very original and smart comedy that is totally unhinged and balls out. Used Cars is a great comedy that I discovered later on and in my opinion this is one of Kurt's best films and in my opinion, this film and Kurt's family comedy classic Overboard. are just as good. However,both films are very different and Used Cars was strictly made for adults.

BoomerDT From the era that gave us such memorable and hilarious raunchy comedies like "Animal House" "Airplane" "Caddy Shack" "Stripes" and "Vacation." "Used Cars" never received as much attention as these others, although it still stands up with any of them. UC is a satire of the retail car business, which is a pretty easy mark to make fun of. There are some hilarious bits...various scams that are pulled by the salesmen, outrageous commercials and a great portrayal by Kurt Russell as Rudy Russo,a completely unethical salesman at New Deal Used Cars. Russell never gets the proper credit as one of the great versatile actors of all time. He can do drama, action, romance and here shows off his terrific comedic talents as Rudy Russo has figured his talents would be best served in politics (his motto is "Trust Me") but first he has to come up with a $50K donation to the party to secure his nomination.Rudy works for the laid back Roy Fuchs, content to run his small car lot while across the street his brother Luke has a huge mega car lot. Luke is a complete snake who wants nothing more than to swallow up Roy's business and have the biggest dealership in the valley. The Fuchs Brothers are played by one of the best character actors around, Jack Warden. Luke will stop at nothing and what unfolds is some very funny stuff. Gerritt Graham and Frank McRae are a riot as Rudy's cohorts at New Deal, while Joe Flaherty delivers a top notch performance as Luke's completely sleazy attorney. Really one one complaint in the cast...Deborah Harmon as Roy Fuchs daughter, who inherits the agency. Great looking, limited in her comedic acting range. Would have loved seeing someone like Catherine O'Hara in this part. But if you've never seen this, it's worth checking out!

SnoopyStyle Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) is an unscrupulous used car salesman of a rundown lot owned by Luke Fuchs (Jack Warden). Rudy wants to run for State Senate. Luke is willing to lend him the $10k needed as long he promises to help him keep his lot from his brother Roy (Jack Warden). Roy owns the lot across the street, and has tried buying off the mayor and sending in the Consumer Protection Agency. He even tries to kill Luke by sending in somebody to scare him to death. The scheme actually works and Rudy hides Luke's body with the help of Jeff (Gerrit Graham) and Jim (Frank McRae). They pretend that Luke is going to Florida. Rudy starts doing crazy schemes pirating the big football game broadcast, having strippers, and breaking into a presidential broadcast. Then Luke's estranged daughter Barbara (Deborah Harmon) shows up.This is the start of a great run by Robert Zemeckis. This is hilarious starting with the outrageous boob shot in the pirated commercial. Kurt Russell is doing great. The wacky schemes are mostly funny. It just needs an extra stupid side kick for some wild physical comedy like Belushi or Bill Murray or John Candy. The pairing of David Lander and Michael McKean comes close, but they're only in the movie when they pirate broadcasts.

LPCDwoman I just finished seeing USED CARS for maybe the sixth or seventh time, and the first time on DVD. This outrageous and diabolically funny movie from the two Bobs, Zemeckis and Gale, died at the box office in 1980, steamrollered by AIRPLANE, but thanks to cable, VHS, and now DVD, it's alive. . .IT'S ALIVE!!! USED CARS is a movie for everyone who has ever felt they just got suckered by an auto dealer (which probably means 99.9 percent of the United States). Kurt Russell, cast against type, plays a sleazy used car salesman with an eye on the Mayor's office and, as the film progresses, an unfortunate streak of genuine goodness. As mentioned in the wonderful, hilarious commentary on the DVD, the two Bobs were thinking Bill Murray, but Russell does them proud. Gerrit Graham (of PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE) is Russell's salesman sidekick, and gets one of the movie's best gags (which I won't spoil for you, but it involves a very smart dog, a rock, and a station wagon full of kids). The always welcome Jack Warden gets to play not only the owner of Kurt Russell's car lot, but the owner's realllly oily brother, who owns the lot across the street and can't wait for his sibling to kick the bucket. Warden has a field day (and, as stated in the commentary, this was Warden's first R-rated movie, so he takes advantage of it and cusses up a hilarious storm). Everone else in the cast is just great, from Frank McRae's manic mechanic to Deborah Harmon (from Second City) as Jack Warden's daughter to Al Lewis (yep, Al Lewis!) as a peripatetic Judge to David L. Lander and Michael McKean as technical masterminds who patch in to a Presidential Broadcast. Familiar faces are everywhere in USED CARS; you will see future Director Alfonso Arau, Woodrow Parfey, Joe Flaherty, Dub Taylor, Wendie Jo Sperber, Marc McClure and even Dick Miller in the cast. Everyone gets to have lots and lots of fun.And. . .acres and acres of Bad Leisure Suits! The two Bobs did a lot of research for USED CARS, soliciting stories from many actual car salespeople, so when you watch the film bear in mind that these are the stories they could get away with showing--imagine what they COULDN'T use! This is a laugh riot, the kind of comedy that will have you roaring. Now, it's not for everyone--the humor gets pretty raunchy. Definitely not for kids.And there is a boatload of special features on the DVD release: hilarious commentary by the two Bobs and Kurt Russell (I wish more DVDs had commentary in which the principals enjoy what they are doing so much!), deleted footage (some of which is infamous), original advertising for USED CARS, radio spots, a TV spot for the actual car dealer who let them use his lot to film, and much more.This one's a keeper. USED CARS is a funny, funny film. Not Disney funny, but STRIPES, WHERE'S POPPA and BLAZING SADDLES funny. Be careful when you drink your soda during USED CARS: you'll find yourself doing a classic "spit-take"!