Extract
Miramax Films | Release Date: September 4, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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60
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
Extract, for all its surface reminders of Judge’s 1999 cult hit, "Office Space" (it’s set around a suburban bottling plant), shows its maker taking the smallest step toward lesser comic matters of infidelity and bong abuse. It feels slightly beneath him. That’s not to say you should skip it. Read full review
60
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
The jokes in Extract play almost like afterthoughts, the last-second add-ons of a former animator who, until now, has always treated his flesh-and-blood characters a bit like cartoon caricatures and vice versa. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The entire cast, in fact, seems to be having fun, with Affleck and Koechner cheerfully stealing each one of their scenes. And the jokes come often enough to leave us consistently amused and occasionally delighted. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Couldn't Mike Judge, with his acid wit, have come up with a better title for a suburban-schlub comedy than ?Extract? Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
All we have here are bits, so many, in fact, that Extract’ feels more like a collection of crumbs. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
A larger discomfort with Extract is an ambivalent attitude about comedy and social class. Mocking an officious middle-manager is always fair game; ridiculing blue-collar workers who resent their mindless jobs just feels mean. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
While Extract is mildly amusing and a slice of a mostly working-class world that doesn't make it into comedy that much anymore, it's not completely convincing as a movie. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Not a single person in this ensemble comedy doesn't suffer from colossal stupidity. Read full review
40
VarietyJustin Chang
The picture's attempts at comic portraiture feel sketchy at best, more or less assigning each character a single, belabored trait. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
What’s most striking about Extract, beyond the scarcity of jokes and absence of actual filmmaking, is its deep well of sourness, which at times borders on misanthropy. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
Mr. Judge has done better...Here, by contrast, we're dealing with one-note characters, among them a sexy grifter (Mila Kunis) and a dim-witted gigolo (Dustin Milligan); situations that stretch all credibility; and jokes that are never more than sort of funny. Read full review
40
Film ThreatRick Kisonak
Easily the most disappointing movie of the summer, Extract is more significantly the biggest letdown of its esteemed creator’s career. Read full review
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