I was pretty surprised to see this movie get a score in the mid 6 level, I would've guessed 4 or 5. I watched this movie only because (a) it was on late night on cable and nothing else to watch, and (b) it was from Mike Judge. I'm a big fan of Office Space, but maybe that was part of the problem, that I was expecting something of that caliber. This is definitely not up to par, I think that any of Office Space's worst jokes is easily funnier than one of Extract's best jokes, if there is such a thing. Where to begin...
I am also a fan of Justin Bateman, he was the man on Arrested Development, and had a couple of other good roles lately, but really he just flat out disappointed in this one. No emotion whatsoever guy. Mila Kunis was equally disappointing, though it was mostly her character / story and not her acting, it basically went no where. The story is awkward and trying to be funny, but, I dunno... the best analogy I can think of is having a magician on stage pull a rat out of his hat and expect an applause afterward, only to hear crickets instead. The only possible reason I can think of to recommend this movie to someone, and mind you this is a pretty sad reason, is to watch Affleck play a mildly funny / not-give-a-sh!t type of character. Couple of chuckles, but nothing great.
Last but not least, a couple of comments to others from reading the forums: 1) I cannot possibly imagine why anyone would want to watch this more than once, 2) Seeing people defend this movie, claiming that they are either too dumb to "get it" or that the movie must be made for people of higher intellect.... seriously? This one?
DM
I am also a fan of Justin Bateman, he was the man on Arrested Development, and had a couple of other good roles lately, but really he just flat out disappointed in this one. No emotion whatsoever guy. Mila Kunis was equally disappointing, though it was mostly her character / story and not her acting, it basically went no where. The story is awkward and trying to be funny, but, I dunno... the best analogy I can think of is having a magician on stage pull a rat out of his hat and expect an applause afterward, only to hear crickets instead. The only possible reason I can think of to recommend this movie to someone, and mind you this is a pretty sad reason, is to watch Affleck play a mildly funny / not-give-a-sh!t type of character. Couple of chuckles, but nothing great.
Last but not least, a couple of comments to others from reading the forums: 1) I cannot possibly imagine why anyone would want to watch this more than once, 2) Seeing people defend this movie, claiming that they are either too dumb to "get it" or that the movie must be made for people of higher intellect.... seriously? This one?
DM