Hard Sell

Eventually ... the movie finds its own voice and groove, and avoids being a mere retro exercise.

Hard Sell isn't very attentive to its own subject matter and treats its female character as expendable

... it's one of the most gently subversive films on the topic I've seen in some time, but Hard Sell treats these ideas as window-dressing for Hardy's coming-of-age story.

... strains to be edgy while failing to reconcile its broad comedy with the earnest drama.