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Cast & Crew
Elliot Sherman
Caroline Swann
Cecil Mills
Bradley Lake
Wendall Wimms
Critic Reviews for The Baxter
All Critics (75) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (51)
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The performers are fresh and offbeat, with the diminutive Peter Dinklage (Elf, The Station Agent) especially funny as a gay wedding planner named Benson Hedges.
April 6, 2010 | Full Review… -
Showalter tackles his mission with energy and an upbeat attitude that makes him a winner as a lovable loser.
September 29, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
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September 24, 2005 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
Only when Williams is around does the movie seem human, true, and funny: Even in her slapstick there's pain. She's almost too good: It's not until she's left a scene that you realize the movie isn't working.
September 24, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
There are enough laughs that those who enjoyed The 40-Year-Old Virgin might want to take The Baxter for a whirl.
September 22, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/5 -
Showalter's Elliot, self-described as the kind of guy who gets hay fever just raking the leaves, never breaks out of the Baxter clich. Frankly, he makes a pretty good case for why the sad sack never gets the girl.
September 18, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Baxter
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Aug 14, 2009this low-key comedy invents a culture of upscale WASP nerddom that Showalter gets to act out with the maximum mannerisms; Rudd and Banks are unfortunately diminished, mostly by mediocre dialogue; a major step forward in portraying the ultra-cool romantic rival as shallow and tiresome, showing how a person can still look pretty lame even after they fulfill a hip-suave-sensitive checklist--more realistic than Bradley Cooper in Wedding Crashers, the long-delayed post-PC-evolution of the Omega Theta Pi psychopaths in Animal HouseAdam M Super Reviewer
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Jun 10, 2008The entire movie was spelled out only two minutes in, and yet they still made it a fun ride. Great characters, especially the wedding planner (played by <a href="http://www.flixster.com/actor/peter-dinklage">Peter Dinklage</a>).Ed K Super Reviewer
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Apr 29, 2008Pretty bad. Michele Williams and Michael Ian Black are kind are fun to see but other than that, it's brutal and unfunny.Sunil J Super Reviewer
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Dec 29, 2007A really great and innovative way of doing a romantic comedy.James A Super Reviewer
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