The Extra Man

Name: The Extra Man
Genre: Comedy
Released: July 30, 2010
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Katie Holmes, Kevin Kline, Paul Dano

2010

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: July 30, 2010 | R

Starring: Katie Holmes, Kevin Kline, Paul Dano

Summary: A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Director: Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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Movieline Stephanie Zacharek

The Extra Man is something of a love letter to the marvelous weirdos of New York. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

You'll either find The Extra Man utterly charming or thoroughly mystifying, but either way Kevin Kline, playing a community-theater version of himself, with all the foppishness and Shakespearean pretension but half the talent and none of the luck, inhabits its peculiar soul. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

The Extra Man" isn't in the same league as Pulcini and Berman's landmark "American Splendor" with Paul Giamatti as the late Harvey Pekar, but it has its moments - especially in its evocation of the sense that New York offers a greater sense of security for brave yet vulnerable individualists the way a sprawling, amorphous and transient city like Los Angeles rarely can. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

This odd collection of oddballs doesn't quite play out as a satisfying movie. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

What feels enjoyably outré in the 1998 coming-of-age novel by Jonathan Ames (creator of HBO's Bored to Death) feels oppressively outré in this deadened, literal adaptation. Read full review

Stephen Holden

For all its flighty charms, The Extra Man never really lands. It hovers like a hummingbird madly beating its wings to stay aloft. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Darlings, there's nothing quite so tragique as a boring eccentric. Read full review

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francoispierre

Oct 8, 2010

This was absolutely terrific. It could be compared to a Wes Anderson film that isn't trying to be so cool. The main characters are expertly written and acted and the whole thing is edited perfectly. We saw this in an indie theatre and the whole audience was thrilled by this film.This was absolutely terrific. It could be compared to a Wes Anderson film that isn't trying to be so cool. The main characters are expertly written and acted and the whole thing is edited perfectly. We saw this in an indie theatre and the whole audience was thrilled by this film. Audiences these days are expecting crazy action or other ploys to constantly keep them interested but this film is made the old fashioned way with great acting, writing, wit and storytelling.… Expand