Extract2009
Comedy
Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Mike Judge
"What is it with women? Y'know, they say they don't care about looks - they just want a guy who's smart and funny - but they always just end up laughing at whatever the good-looking stupid guy says."
The above quote is probably my favorite part of the movie Extract. Extract is the most recent movie from writer and director Mike Judge (MJ). Because of that fact I was very weary before watching it. MJ wrote and directed a movie that I (and most everyone else) absolutely loved, which was Office Space. But on the other hand MJ also made what I usually name as the second worst movie I have ever seen, Idiocracy. So I was worried before watching Extract if it would be love or hate. Well it turned out that it was more towards the love end of the spectrum.
The plot is about Jason Bateman's character. He owns an extract (food flavoring) company. He is getting tired of the grind so he looking forward to possibly selling the company to General Mills. The one big problem in his life is that he does not have sex with his wife anymore (Kristen Wiig). He then begins to like a new temp worker at the factory (Mila Kunis) but doesn't act on his feelings because he is married. His friend (Ben Affleck) gives him drugs then gets him to agree to a plan to hire a giggolo to seduce his wife, so that way he can cheat on her and not feel guilty since she would have cheated too. There are some other side plots, but I don't want to spoil the whole movie.
Now I liked Extract, but nowhere near as much as Office Space. In many ways the two movies are similar. Both about a guy sort of unhappy with his life and career. There are funny parts, but not as many as Office Space. Probably the funniest scenes feature the giggolo he hires. The giggolo is a really stupid college age kid and some of the idiotic things he says are hilarious. Jason Bateman is likable and funny as usual. I hear a bunch of people always talking about how much they love Kristen Wiig, well I personally can't stand her and do not find her funny at all. Though thankfully she doesn't really try to be funny in Extract (same as Adventureland almost) so she didn't bother in this role.
There are things about the movied that could have been improved. One of the factory workers is clearly a racist, but they never have her really say anything offensive, which I feel would have been funnier than her complaining without them. Ed Koechner plays a very nosy neighbor. His first few scenes are funny, but his character gets annoying (for the audience, not just for the characters) relatively fast.
I am just happy Extract was not as God awful as Idiocracy, because if it was I would never see anything else from MJ for the rest of my life. It is not as good as Office Space, but I liked it. I laughed throughout and was not sorry I rented it. I guess that is an endorsement...
3 out of 5 Stars
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The plot is about Jason Bateman's character. He owns an extract (food flavoring) company. He is getting tired of the grind so he looking forward to possibly selling the company to General Mills. The one big problem in his life is that he does not have sex with his wife anymore (Kristen Wiig). He then begins to like a new temp worker at the factory (Mila Kunis) but doesn't act on his feelings because he is married. His friend (Ben Affleck) gives him drugs then gets him to agree to a plan to hire a giggolo to seduce his wife, so that way he can cheat on her and not feel guilty since she would have cheated too. There are some other side plots, but I don't want to spoil the whole movie.
Now I liked Extract, but nowhere near as much as Office Space. In many ways the two movies are similar. Both about a guy sort of unhappy with his life and career. There are funny parts, but not as many as Office Space. Probably the funniest scenes feature the giggolo he hires. The giggolo is a really stupid college age kid and some of the idiotic things he says are hilarious. Jason Bateman is likable and funny as usual. I hear a bunch of people always talking about how much they love Kristen Wiig, well I personally can't stand her and do not find her funny at all. Though thankfully she doesn't really try to be funny in Extract (same as Adventureland almost) so she didn't bother in this role.
There are things about the movied that could have been improved. One of the factory workers is clearly a racist, but they never have her really say anything offensive, which I feel would have been funnier than her complaining without them. Ed Koechner plays a very nosy neighbor. His first few scenes are funny, but his character gets annoying (for the audience, not just for the characters) relatively fast.
I am just happy Extract was not as God awful as Idiocracy, because if it was I would never see anything else from MJ for the rest of my life. It is not as good as Office Space, but I liked it. I laughed throughout and was not sorry I rented it. I guess that is an endorsement...
3 out of 5 Stars
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