The Baxter is good-natured, but there are simply not enough laughs to fuel this comedy. Read critic reviews
The Baxter
2005, Romance/Comedy, 1h 31m
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Elliot Sherman (Michael Showalter) has had terrible luck with women during his life, losing three of them to ex-boyfriends in outlandish situations. Now, a week before he is to marry Caroline (Elizabeth Banks), she mentions an old high-school boyfriend, Bradley (Justin Theroux), and Elliot worries that the curse is about to strike again. A co-worker named Cecil (Michelle Williams) attempts to reassure him, but trying not to give in to anxiety only makes things worse.
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Rating: PG-13 (Brief Sexual Humor|Some Drug References)
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Michael Showalter
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Producer: Galt Neiderhoffer, Daniela Taplin Lundberg
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Writer: Michael Showalter
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Box Office (Gross USA): $181.9K
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Distributor: IFC Films
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Critic Reviews for The Baxter
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this 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 House
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The 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>).
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Pretty bad. Michele Williams and Michael Ian Black are kind are fun to see but other than that, it's brutal and unfunny.
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A really great and innovative way of doing a romantic comedy.
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