Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

elshikh4 A story about someone who loves another to discover that love, true love, is totally else where. This critical "second thoughts" problem can be healthy sometimes, helping us to uncover what we really are, and that just served movies best. It turned into an everlasting theme in the romantic comedy; assuring how the world is big romantic comedy we live. This time, the things feel differently. There are no Hollywood stuff; stars, fart jokes, etc. We have a nice cast, performance, and dialog. So what went wrong ? Since the 2000s, the flashback technique became a strange fashion to tell a story, a comic one in specific. You can see that clearly in TV sitcoms like Grounded for Life (2001), My Name Is Earl (2005). This movie uses it in a strange and so excessive way. One of the worst uses is telling the whole story as a flashback (since we saw the ending in the start); sure that ruined the whole movie, making it dead predictable.The story till the accident of the wedding planner was so well, after that things grew less importantly, the pace went lame, and the comedy became real poor. Furthermore, the supposedly funny characters (there are like a dozen of them) weren't so funny themselves. The movie didn't make any efforts to care about such people, hence whenever the event's vitality lessens, something may compensate. But no such luck.(Michael Showalter) made a lovely character. His realistic touch to the kind of geek he performed produced something original. It is a shame not to see him in "big" "Hollywood" "flicks", rather the mainstream cinema. (Michelle Williams) was angelic. For me she was the center of attraction in any scene she was in. At first I refused her wise lines, but afterwards I caught on the fact that her character has much experience than the lead, since she takes risks more than him, living more than one job unlike him.I felt Woody Allen underneath everything; Brooklyn's streets, flats, bars, and bourgeoisie, then a sophisticated nerd for a lead, a handsome cool as a competitor, a singing great girl (who the lead doesn't care about), and a doomed love. Thank god that at least we didn't have to hear Woody's ancient jazz tracks, or follow his ever one-note self here. But on the contrary, this one missed the Allen pace and hilarity. And compared to other American romantic comedies, like (A Guy Thing – 2003) which's nearly has the same story, it missed the same things. Sorrowfully with or without any comparison, (The Baxter) has these problems indeed.This is a very simple movie. A bit of preciosity with a bit of poorness just tarnished big part of its simplicity's beauty, to look finally half good, half empty. Still nice though, having a pure taste of innocence, sweetness, and a multi-allergic intellectual as a romantic lead; to be a gregarious decent man, not a forever laughingstock misfit !. Let alone a rare and hopeful viewpoint : "I don't believe in baxters"; as people who won't find love, now you've got to love that apart.

Keith Gardner I will never give a movie a 10 except my favorite movie of all time, and for that one I won't cast my vote until my final year of life (and so I really hope that I don't get hit by a truck or something before I have a chance to do that! I mean, I'm kind of assuming that I'll know when I'm about to meet my demise so that I'll have a chance to enter my comments here on IMDb!). (Well, actually, I'll probably forget this decree way before then and I'll give some movie or other a 10 and it won't be this excellent film and it won't be that one-and-only most favorite movie of my life, and so the occurrence of my 10-posting will diminish my overall credibility; but I enter these comments knowingly.)So, about this movie. What do you look for in a movie? I know people that just look for escape. They want something that's going to take them away from the world. Then there are those that are looking for entertainment. They just want to laugh, and, well, I guess there's a certain escape factor there as well. And then there are those that look for themselves, or look for some kind of explanation of it all in the cinema. Will you find any of those here? YES!!! You'll find all of them here! This is a great movie! I mean, it's a great sort of high B movie, maybe a great B+ movie, or, god, I'm nervous and sweating, maybe, OK, maybe an A- movie. OK, this is really a great, fun, honest, stupid, silly, funny, realistic, embarrassing, revealing showcase of a fine American film. There's nothing that Truffault or Fellini made that's better than this; we all are just so enamoured of black and white that we think those are all better. ***Possible spoiler here*** (but I won't give it all away, I promise!). At the 55 minute mark, pay attention. This is such a great moment, it's sort of the denouement of the film. It's where they're all (and you'll have to actually see the film to understand who is included in this "all") sitting in this bar and a miraculous turn of events takes place. Is it ridiculous and preposterous? Yes! But has it happened in real life! Well, all I can say is: it's happened to me! There they are, I can't even parse the relationships at this point, but one party from each of the quasi-relationships is here, in this bar, and they all meet up in this one illustrious moment, and they wind up sitting together in this bar and getting drunk and playing some sort of drunken charade, and... well, that's all I'll say. It is marvellous. Maybe Woodie Allen- ish, as others have written, but I dunno; I think it's its own thing. You will have to dunk my head in the toilet to get me to say that I'm wrong about this movie, and good luck catching me! It's just a great movie, period. Small, simple, sweet. Please, don't even tell me how jaded you are if you don't like this film.** (I am not a part of or related to or otherwise in any way affiliated with anyone in or involved with this film. My opinions are my own, I do not wish to quibble.)

etn9952 I really like the fact that this film highlights that being a "baxter" is an inevitable occurrence in life. For each couple that disintegrates, another forms, and everyone's a baxter at some point. It seems a simple enough idea, but a close viewing of the film brings out many of the finer points of the argument. The post-credit bit with Paul Rudd's character beginning the story again from his perspective very effectively punctuates the intent of the film: Life truly is on a continual loop in many ways, with each person's decisions impacting everyone around him (or her) and helping to create what would seem to be a collective destiny. The placement of the bit also makes it a nice extra for those geeks who like to finish out the last song. A hopeful story done in a very un-sappy way. A few laugh-out-loud moments and, in general, a pleasant experience. Michelle Williams' disappearance scene, where she crawls off the bed undetected by the wailing fiancé, was one of the funnier pieces of physical comedy I've ever seen. I enjoyed it thoroughly. And the music's great. I recommend it highly for a quiet evening at home, either alone or with a friend/date.

sacto-da BAXTER: (bax'-ter) n. A compromise to "true love." The epitome of "settling." Shorthand for a bachelor with lots of exes, who's kind of a loser.Quote from the movie, The Baxter.A little indie film that is on the dry side. Just like Elliot Sherman. He is a sweet, nice guy. The kind of guy who is a safe, boring type. Never ventures out of his safe little world. Even thou he ends up alone.(because the other guy always gets his girl) He some how always has faith that maybe he will get lucky next time.This story is about the guy that always seems to loose the girl. This is the story about them. Someone that doesn't always live happy ever after. But in some ways have learn to live with it. I guess the closes to this type of movie would be the 40 year Old Virgin. (Side note: Paul Rudd is in both movies) But not raunchy. I think I only noted two or three cuss words in the whole movie.It is a silly little film. Not always funny. But worth checking out just the same. Donna A.