Extract (2009)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Mike Judge

Writer (WGA):

Mike Judge (written by)

Release Date:

4 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

This Labor Day, the creator of OFFICE SPACE heads back to work.

Plot:

Joel, the owner of an Extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.

Plot Keywords:

Adultery | One Word Title | Funeral | Factory | Infidelity

Cast

Jason Bateman	...	Joel
Mila Kunis	...	Cindy
Kristen Wiig	...	Suzie
Ben Affleck	...	Dean
J.K. Simmons	...	Brian
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Step
Dustin Milligan	...	Brad
David Koechner	...	Nathan
Beth Grant	...	Mary
T.J. Miller	...	Rory
Javier Gutiérrez	...	Hector
Lidia Porto	...	Gabriella
Gene Simmons	...	Joe Adler
Matt Schulze	...	Willie
Lamberto Gutierrez	...	Victor

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual references and some drug use.

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45502) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

3 Arts Entertainment

Trivia:

Gene Simmons' character Joe Adler is a nod to Dallas-based ambulance chaser attorney Jim Adler and his "Have you been injured?!?!" local TV commercials.

Goofs:

Continuity: The collar of the gigolo's sweatshirt changes within the same scene when he is talking to Jason Bateman and Ben Affleck about being hired.

Quotes:

Dean: [as Brad walks out of the bar] There he goes... Johnny Horsecock.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Late Show with David Letterman: (#17.3)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Wundercrotchen

A perfect adult comedy.

It's nice to see Jason Bateman in a leading role for once, although he was the lead in TVs Arrested Development(2003-2006), but for a while on film, he was mostly the other guy or the friend. Like in such memorable films The Sweetest Thing, The Breakup, Juno, The Kingdom, State of Play, and some not so memorable like Mr. Magoriums Wonder Eporium and Hancock. But in Extract he really shows he can be funny without trying to be funny.

Joel(Jason Bateman) is a owner of a power plant called Extract, he employees don't respect him for a second, and despise the very sight of him. Things at home are not much better, has he tries to avoid an annoying neighbor named Nathan(David Koesner). And he feels his marriage to Suzie(Kristen Wiig) is slowly crumbling. Joels only joy of the day is his best friend Dean(Ben Affleck who got his look from Tommy Chung) a hippie bartender who he likes to hang with. But then a co worker has a painful accident on the job, things soon get real interesting when the beautiful Cindy(Mila Kunis) comes to work there, and Joel is quickly smitten by her. And soon more funny turn of events will quickly ensue.

I like this film, it is one of a few R rated comedies that does not half to rely on gross out gags, or overbearing vulgarness. Jason Bateman really made this film work, as a everyday man who gets himself in funny situations. Ben Affleck was alright, but he just wasn't has funny as Bateman was. Mila Kunis character could have been written a little better, not that she was bad, they just could written more for her to do. Kristen Wiig was alright also. I liked Extract more then Office Space.