His hipster doofus is a complete character he's created to win over girls, and there's not really anything sincere or real about it. His sad sack loser in The Baxter is so annoyingly emasculated that it didn't feel honest, ever

| Jul 2, 2021

The performers are fresh and offbeat, with the diminutive Peter Dinklage (Elf, The Station Agent) especially funny as a gay wedding planner named Benson Hedges.

| Apr 6, 2010

A droll romantic comedy that relies on a self-deprecating brand of humor which must be a bit of an acquired taste. The film's utter predictably sinks this exercise in obviousms, making its few funny moments not worth waiting for.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 19, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2006

Showalter cria um filme exatamente como seu protagonista: desajeitadamente simptico e divertido.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 15, 2006

What comes to mind are 온라인카지노추천 sitcom pilots full of strain, and the forlornly perky mechanisms of old Day & Hudson comedies.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 21, 2005

Clearly the filmmakers are trying to make The Baxter look old-fashioned. But there's a modern smugness and superiority that undermines that attempt.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 30, 2005

It doesn't take much imagination to guess who will end up with whom, but The Baxter is agreeably silly and has lots of simple charm.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 30, 2005

Every romantic-comedy clich gets played out, but merely re-enacting those clichs in an arch tone isn't funny enough.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 30, 2005

Showalter tackles his mission with energy and an upbeat attitude that makes him a winner as a lovable loser.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 29, 2005

The structure is a miscalculation by Showalter, who inexplicably drives his audience through the exact type of sappy material he had started off satirizing.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 29, 2005

Perhaps it's only just that a movie about a loser should be a loser itself.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 25, 2005

Unlike Woody Allen's nebbishes, who are always the smartest and funniest people on the screen, Elliot is a bore.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 24, 2005

Only when Williams is around does the movie seem human, true, and funny: Even in her slapstick there's pain. She's almost too good: It's not until she's left a scene that you realize the movie isn't working.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 24, 2005

| Original Score: B | Sep 24, 2005

Anyone who's seen a few romantic comedies, the older the better, will find something to like about The Baxter.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 24, 2005

Is this enough on which to hang a full-fledged movie that people will pay to see? Probably not ...

Full Review | Original Score: B | Sep 23, 2005

The biggest failing of The Baxter is that the humor is often just too obscure.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2005

Think of "The Baxter" as "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dumped."

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2005

There are enough laughs that those who enjoyed The 40-Year-Old Virgin might want to take The Baxter for a whirl.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 22, 2005