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- 2005
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2005
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 31 m
Summary The Baxter is a romantic comedy set in Brooklyn about Elliot Sherman, "the wrong guy," an accountant, who seems always to be getting left at the altar. (IFC Films)
Directed By: Michael Showalter
Written By: Michael Showalter
- 2005
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2005
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 31 m
The Baxter
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Summary The Baxter is a romantic comedy set in Brooklyn about Elliot Sherman, "the wrong guy," an accountant, who seems always to be getting left at the altar. (IFC Films)
Directed By: Michael Showalter
Written By: Michael Showalter
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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27% Positive
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3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
51
27% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
59% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The Baxter is just an OK movie, but Showalter's performance is the gem to take from it.
A self-consciously arch work of hipsterism that's more styled than funny.
This wry, low-key comedy, crafted by members of the sketch-comedy group The State, swims defiantly against the stream of contemporary comedy, eschewing bodily-function jokes and obvious gags in favor of laughs so sly and self-effacing you could almost overlook them.
The problem with The Baxter is right there at the center of the movie, and maybe it is unavoidable: Showalter makes too good of a baxter. He deserves to be dumped.
A wheel-spinner. The more the film stresses and strains to be funny, the unfunnier it gets.
With The Baxter, Showalter's begging his way into the ranks of the safe and the mediocre.
A zero-joke romantic comedy.
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Production Company
IFC Films,
IFC Productions,
Plum Pictures
Release Date Aug 26, 2005
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline A romantic comedy for anyone who's ever been dumped.
Website
http://www.thebaxtermovie.com/
