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Actor: Ben Affleck, Beth Grant, Gene Simmons, Jason Bateman, Jenny O'HaraBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-12-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax Films
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Movie Review: Extract - Miramax
Summary: 5 Stars
Writer/Director Mike Judge seems to have a clear understanding about the things that comprise part of our daily lives, which are at times irritating, and somehow we simply can't avoid. He provided evidence of this in his Beavis and Butthead films and TV episodes, and most especially in the hilarious "Office Space," in which he reminded us about the silly things that we have to endure at our jobs. "Extract" successfully follows this trend, with Judge exploring more common situations that take place at work, this time mixing great humor with a dose of humanity.
The movie mostly takes place in an extract manufacturing business, where Joel (Jason Bateman) is the owner and boss. He successfully built it from scratch, thanks to his degree in chemistry and some family traditions, which inspired him to develop a variety of extracts or flavors to enrich our foods. He is a modest, decent man, with an enormous amount of patience, taking into account that he has some very dysfunctional employees. However, all of the sudden, troubles begin piling up in his life, which mostly have to do when Joel mistakenly hires of a pretty criminal drifter (Mita Kunis), who only joins the factory in order to convince Step (Clifton Collins Jr.), a recently injured employee, to sue Joel. At the same time, she romances Step, in order that she can get the lawsuit settlement money. Meanwhile, Joel can't stand his wife (Kristen Wiig) anymore, and follows the ill-advice of his bartender best friend (Ben Affleck) to hire a gigolo to seduce his wife, so that he can prove that she is unfaithful to him, and get grounds for a divorce. Furthermore, the employees at the factory are planning to strike because they think that Joel is going to sell the business. Ah, and there is this older lady in the factory that blames all the problems at the jobsite - including stealing - to this particular Mexican employee. Confusing enough, ah? Imagine all the decisions that Joel has to make!
"Extract" is funny and sincere, with the heart at the right place -- a little piece of our life. I'm sure that you have met some of its characters. Gene Simmons (yes, the very same from Kiss) steals his scenes as Joe Adler, the lawyer that files the suit against Joel. The DVD also features a making-of documentary. (USA, 2009, color, 92 min plus additional materials)
Review written by senior writer Eric Gonzalez for [...] on December 21, 2009
Summary of Extract
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. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 12/22/2009 Starring: Ben Affleck Beth Grant Run time: 92 minutes Rating: R Director: Mike JudgeMike Judge is in a familiar zone in Extract, which is sort of a close relative to his cult classic Office Space. But this time the main character owns the company, instead of being a cog in the machinery, and middle age presents a different set of challenges. Joel (Jason Bateman) concocted a new approach to soda pop, and his small company is bubbling along nicely--in fact, there's talk he might get bought out by General Foods?unless something were to come along to really, you know, screw up the deal. Hmm, what could go wrong? Joel is sexually unfulfilled with his wife (Kristen Wiig), there's a new temp worker (Mila Kunis) at the factory who favors minimal clothing, and Joel's best friend (Ben Affleck), a slacker bartender, is bursting with bad advice. Oh, and there's an employee (Clifton Collins Jr.) contemplating a lawsuit because of a workplace accident that left him missing an important piece of equipment. The film's plot machinations are less enticing than the moment-by-moment behavioral observations, always a Mike Judge specialty. Examples: the chattering of the factory floor workers, who could easily have stepped out of a King of the Hill cartoon, or Joel's suburban neighbor (David Koechner at his chummiest), the kind of yakety-yak blowhard who simply will not shut up, however many polite messages he receives. It might not amount to a whole lot, and somehow the gifted Bateman seems underused here (Affleck, on the other hand, is having a ball). But Extract seems destined for cable-TV repeatability, much like its corporate cousin. --Robert Horton
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