Extract

2009 "Sticking it to the man has never looked so good."
6.1| 1h32m| R| en| More Info
Released: 03 September 2009 Released
Producted By: Miramax
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: https://www.miramax.com/movie/Extract/
Synopsis

The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from his wife, Suzie. Joel hatches a convoluted plan to get Suzie to cheat on him, thereby clearing the way for Joel to have an affair with Cindy, an employee. But what Joel doesn't know is that Cindy is a sociopathic con artist, and a freak workplace accident clears the way for her to ruin Joel forever.

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
thornton-70038 Really good! Absolutely enjoyed it. Definitely recommended.
zac-66679 Boring, stupid, not funny, bad ending, just a waste of time watching.
Tim Little Firstly, if you watch this expecting a comedy you're likely to be sorely disappointed.Secondly, you are unlikely to find a more unpleasant, unsympathetic bunch of characters in many other movie. From the boss of a small 'extract' company (whatever that is) who sets up his easy wife with a dumb-and-dumber pool cleaner to the selfish, lazy, lower-than- average intelligence factory workers there is not one character that 'extracted' an ounce of sympathy or empathy from this viewer.The irritating next door neighbour is the closest this film approaches to comedy but thats not close, maybe the next county. Acting performances are adequate but, (did I imagine it) it's almost possible to detect the embarrassment among the cast over their involvement in this unappetising offering.Unusually, it is Ben Affleck alone who is able to make something of the material available to him in the form of a drug dealing, hippy barman. It's not much though, and not nearly enough.The plot is trite and ludicrous. The stock Hollywood happy endings round everything off nicely - for everybody except the viewer who is left wondering what the point of this film was - as it seems to fail on all levels.
hall895 It's all fun and games until somebody loses a testicle. Well actually it's still all fun and games even after such an unfortunate incident. Extract is a movie where the laughs keep on coming. It's another workplace comedy from Mike Judge whose earlier Office Space achieved cult classic status. Extract is just as deserving of such status. What goes on in Jason Bateman's extract factory is just as funny as anything that went on in Ron Livingston's office. Bateman plays Joel, owner of Reynold's Extract. He's looking to cash out, sell the company and enjoy an early retirement. Things are looking good for his business but life at home has its problems, Joel is stuck in a completely sexless marriage. The frustration there is really getting to him. His friend Dean has a unique suggestion for solving that problem, the type of suggestion that could only come from a guy who does a lot of drugs. But before we get to that there is the missing testicle. Not Joel's thankfully, but one of his workers, Step, who loses it in a quite unfortunate workplace accident. From here things start to unravel for Joel, both professionally and personally, in quite hilarious fashion.Initially Step is rather serene about his injury but he's soon goaded into suing Joel's company. Who's doing the goading? Cindy, the hottest little con artist you'll ever see. She sees dollar signs and she soon has both Step and the unwitting Joel wrapped around her finger. Cindy causes chaos for Joel, both at work and at home. The movie takes some rather bizarre, but very amusing, turns. The plot is a little silly to be sure but the plot only really serves to set up the jokes. And the jokes work throughout. This is a very funny movie. Bateman is more or less the straight man, all the action swirls around him. But he has his funny moments too. And the rest of the cast absolutely nails it. Mila Kunis as Cindy and Clifton Collins Jr. as Step are excellent. Kristen Wiig is a little underused in playing Joel's wife but every opportunity she does get she makes the most of. Dustin Milligan plays the world's dumbest gigolo and David Koechner the world's most annoying neighbor. Both are very funny, especially Koechner as he plays a guy who is just totally oblivious to how annoying he is. There's also J.K. Simmons bringing some dry wit to the role of factory manager Brian. And absolutely stealing the show is...Ben Affleck? Yes, Judge has given Affleck the chance to remind the world that he can be really, really funny. And Ben hits it out of the park, he's simply perfect in his portrayal of Dean, Joel's friend, bartender and wannabe drug dealer. Dean is an idea man, he's got lots of ideas, all of them terrible. To say that Dean's advice leads Joel down the wrong path would be an understatement. But it's a hilarious path. All kinds of shenanigans take place in this movie. Workplace shenanigans. Relationship shenanigans. And Judge, helped by his outstanding cast, makes it all work. Extract has not come to be as beloved as Office Space. It's not a cult classic. It is a hidden gem.