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Set in NYC, Joey (Robin Williams) is the 'Cadillac Man', he is a car salesman who drives a black Caddy convertible with the license plate 'CAD-MAN.' The first half of this 93-minute movie sets up the characters. Joey is a natural salesman, has the gift of gab, tries unsuccessfully to sell a new car to a widow at her husband's funeral, because he is broke and also in debt $20,000 to a mob boss and he has to close 12 deals in the next two days to keep his job. His ex-wife threw him out, his teen daughter is missing with her boyfriend, he has a girlfriend and a mistress, and is just in one big mess.
Larry (Tim Robbins) isn't very smart, rides a motorcycle, he lost his job as an airplane mechanic a year ago, his wife works at the car dealership, and he suspects she is fooling around with someone, turns out to be 'Little Jack' the arrogant son of the dealership owner.
The second half of the movie is pretty much a mess. In a very over-the-top performance, with lots of shooting and yelling, Larry crashes his motorcycle into the car showroom, with explosives strapped to the bike and with a machine gun. He starts shooting, wounds his wife, keeps staff and customers hostage. Joey decides to de-fuse the situation by claiming (falsely) that he and only he was the one banging Larry's wife. A swat team shows up, snipers, a negotiator, Joey gradually talks Larry into letting all the hostages go, and to give himself up, that he can claim he was 'crazy', and get a fancy lawyer to get him off, but the snipers shoot him and he is off to the hospital. The explosives on the bike were fake.
Impressed by Joey's performance, and saving his son, the big boss gave Joey a job for life. Also having saved the mob boss's son who worked as a window washer there, forgave Joey's $20,000 debt. And, ex-wife and daughter decided to give Joey another try, hoping he learned his lesson. The median IMDb ratings of about '5' or '6' are about right.
Set in NYC, Joey (Robin Williams) is the 'Cadillac Man', he is a car salesman who drives a black Caddy convertible with the license plate 'CAD-MAN.' The first half of this 93-minute movie sets up the characters. Joey is a natural salesman, has the gift of gab, tries unsuccessfully to sell a new car to a widow at her husband's funeral, because he is broke and also in debt $20,000 to a mob boss and he has to close 12 deals in the next two days to keep his job. His ex-wife threw him out, his teen daughter is missing with her boyfriend, he has a girlfriend and a mistress, and is just in one big mess.
Larry (Tim Robbins) isn't very smart, rides a motorcycle, he lost his job as an airplane mechanic a year ago, his wife works at the car dealership, and he suspects she is fooling around with someone, turns out to be 'Little Jack' the arrogant son of the dealership owner.
The second half of the movie is pretty much a mess. In a very over-the-top performance, with lots of shooting and yelling, Larry crashes his motorcycle into the car showroom, with explosives strapped to the bike and with a machine gun. He starts shooting, wounds his wife, keeps staff and customers hostage. Joey decides to de-fuse the situation by claiming (falsely) that he and only he was the one banging Larry's wife. A swat team shows up, snipers, a negotiator, Joey gradually talks Larry into letting all the hostages go, and to give himself up, that he can claim he was 'crazy', and get a fancy lawyer to get him off, but the snipers shoot him and he is off to the hospital. The explosives on the bike were fake.
Impressed by Joey's performance, and saving his son, the big boss gave Joey a job for life. Also having saved the mob boss's son who worked as a window washer there, forgave Joey's $20,000 debt. And, ex-wife and daughter decided to give Joey another try, hoping he learned his lesson. The median IMDb ratings of about '5' or '6' are about right.