Used Cars
Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) is an unscrupulous car salesman who aspires to become a politician. When his boss is killed, it's up to Rudy to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
22 June 1947, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2 February 1955, Waverly, Iowa, USA
16 December 1946, Richland, Washington, USA
31 March 1957, San Mateo, California, USA
27 November 1949, New York City, New York, USA
19 June 1951, USA
8 June 1922, Osceola, Nebraska, USA
11 July 1910, Arizona, USA
October 02, 2015
Featuring a great turn from Kurt Russell, Used Cars is both a brilliantly funny comedy and a good reminder of just how interesting a writer-director Robert Zemeckis used to be.October 02, 2015
Used Cars is full of used characters, used ideas, and used jokes, many of which are in astonishingly bad taste.March 26, 2009
What might have looked like a great idea on paper has been tackled by filmmakers who haven't expanded it much beyond the one joke inherent in the premise.October 02, 2015
Sixties nostalgia from I Wanna Hold Your Hand shifts to bracing vulgarity circa late-'70s, just as Kurt Russell graduates from Disney to conman greasiness.October 23, 2004
Used Cars was written, directed, and produced by the team of Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale, two young filmmakers who seem to be higher on kinetic energy than on structure and comedic instinct.October 02, 2015
Most of the time, I didn't know whether to laugh or shudder, and I ended up doing a lot of both.August 30, 2004
A foul-mouthed, bumpercrunching farce that is often funnier in theory than in fact but, even so, is a movie that has more laughs in it than any film of the summer except Airplane!February 09, 2006
Used Cars runs on a contemporary screwball motor with a slapstick chassis.October 02, 2015
It's also one of the funniest ruminations on American values, as the car showroom becomes a warped microcosm of society.October 02, 2015
You'd be crazy to buy a used car from either one of these hucksters, but their pitch is irresistible.October 02, 2015
Director/co-writer Robert Zemeckis has undeniable energy and flair, but it's being misspent on pretexts and situations that seem inexcusably gratuitous and snide.October 02, 2015
Filled with riotous plot twists and effective black humor, this is a truly inventive and memorable comedy.