Product Details

• Actors: Ray Romano, Kevin James, Sofía Vergara, Juliette Lewis, Kim Coates
• Directors: Jason Ensler
• Writers: Larry Hankin, William Tepper
• Producers: Andrew Sugerman, Bradley Jenkel, Cale Boyter, Jeff Sussman, Jon Klane
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 11, 2006
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FGGWGK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,912 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Grilled" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Meat connoisseurs will adore Grilled, possibly the only film dedicated exclusively to high quality beef. Maurice (Ray Romano) and Dave (Kevin James) are meat salesmen roving the San Fernando Valley, armpit of America, for clients to buy their line of prime-cut steaks. Once they get a hold of the hottest leads in town, Maurice and Dave embark on a comedic adventure spiked with danger and sexual innuendo involving transvestites, gangsters, and even Burt Reynolds, playing the macho beef lover hosting his son’s Bar Mitzvah. As soon as Grilled starts feeling like a carbon copy of Glengarry Glen Ross, some hip actors, like Juliette Lewis cast as the drunken, suicidal girlfriend of a mob ringleader, make the film cooler like Pulp Fiction. Sales made under ridiculously dire circumstances are sometimes corny, sometimes funny, odd, and surprising. Director Jason Ensler, known mostly for his work on television shows such as West Wing, South Beach, and Scrubs, has taken the formulaic salesman flick and remade it into something almost original, were it not so similar to the abovementioned two movies. Still, there are many entertaining moments in Grilled, especially when scenes of gang-related crime overlap with scenes proving these gangsters’ devotion to red meat. Eventually, carnage prevails, as Dave and Maurice teach us that the sale must be made at all costs. --Trinie Dalton

Product Description

TWO MEAT SALESMEN FIND THEMSELVES IN A TERRIBLE SLUMP. WITH ONE LAST CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD OR GET FIRED, THE PARTNERS HEAD OUT TO 'CLOSE' A PERFECT PROSPECT BUT WIND UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A BEEF BETWEEN SOME BAD MEN. NOW, EITHER THEY FIND A WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS ALIVE OR THEY'RE DEAD MEAT.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FUNNY, July 14, 2006

By	Movie Freak (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

WOW!What a great movie. I am a huge Kevin James fan and my wife is a Ray Ramano fan. To see both of them in a movie was great.I was a little nervous about the movie, since I did not make the theaters.I had my neighbors come over and I had to warned them that the movie might not be so great. When the movie was over we all looked at each other and at around the same time we all said"That Was a Funny movie". We even watch the interviews at the end.Something I never really cared about.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Steak Escape!, July 17, 2006

By	J. A. Koll (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

WOW! What a good movie! Ray & Kevin lovers will be pleasantly surprised. There are no traces of Debra or Carrie here! The movie starts out kind of slow but really picks up by the middle & the ending is awesome. The characters are explored expertly by these two with lots of help from Juliette Lewis & a bang at the end from Burt Reynolds. A good flick for a lazy summer evening on the sofa! Bravo!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 70's Movie, July 13, 2006

By	Rsissen (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

Ray Romano and Kevin James play failed door-to door beef salesmen who have one last chance to get things right. I expected stupidity, but instead this film has the aesthetic quality of a cool 70's character piece. Not formulaic, not predictable, and more concerned with the real stakes (pun) of the characters than cheap laughs. Though it's perfectly hilarious when it needs/wants to be. It could've been funnier in the first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes, but it kind of sets it up and winds it down in ways that keep you invested. The ride overall is a groovy throwback complete with a gritty look, cool soundtrack, and great performances by Juliette Lewis, Sofia Vergara, Michael Rapaport and Burt Reynolds. And watch for Kim Coates' standout turn as Tony. If you're in the mood for something a little dark and different, especially from these two sitcom actors, check it out.