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.
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September 29, 2011
Extract doesn't have a memorable message, a moralizing mission or a satirical axe to grind. But if your life needs a little humorous flavoring, pour away.
September 04, 2009
The entire cast, in fact, seems to be having fun, with Affleck and Koechner cheerfully stealing each one of their scenes.
September 04, 2009
Mike Judge's Extract -- modest, no big deal but very savvy -- is the funniest American comedy of the summer.
April 26, 2010
A decade on from his sublime white collar wage-slave comedy Office Space, director Mike Judge returns to the workplace for this gentle satire.
October 07, 2015
"Extract" is the classic TV sitcom about restoring normalcy amid chaos.
September 08, 2009
There are so many good jokes packed in there.
September 04, 2009
There are some priceless character turns.
June 04, 2012
Even if the whole isn't quite the sum of its parts, those parts offer enough touches of off-kilter inspiration to amuse.
April 23, 2010
Has many promising ingredients, yet somehow none of them quite gel.
September 04, 2009
These days, it appears to be a rare gift to do comedy in a way that comes across as smart, but never superior or willfully crass. Bateman has that talent to spare.
April 26, 2010
There is a lot of unconvincing, random plot, most characters are deeply unsympathetic and the women are poorly served by underdeveloped roles.
September 04, 2009
It has all the ingredients for cult immortality and will likely live on long after this year's Oscar winners are forgotten.
