Extract

Release Date: September 4, 2009
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Mike Judge
Screenwriter: Mike Judge
Starring: Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis, J.K. Simmons, David Koechner, Clifton Collins Jr., T.J. Miller, Beth Grant, Gene Simmons
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for language, sexual references and some drug use)
Official Website: Extract-the-movie.com
Review: 7.5/10 rating
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: DVD | Blu-ray Disc
Movie Poster: One-Sheet | Jason Bateman poster | Ben Affleck poster | Mila Kunis poster | Kristen Wiig poster
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Plot Summary: In "Extract," writer/director Mike Judge ("Beavis and Butt-Head," "King of the Hill") returns to the fertile territory of the American workplace, rotating his perspective away from the white collar cubicle warriors of "Office Space" and towards a blue collar boss – a small business owner – who employs an odd cast of losers, loners and misfits in his flavor extract factory.

To the outside eye, Joel Reynold (Jason Bateman) seems to have everything. After all, being the owner of a business he built from the ground up - with its patented brand of culinary extracts - should make the "Extract King" a happy man.

However, if Joel hasn't reached his front door by 8 o'clock, he'll find his wife, Suzie (Kristen Wiig) cinching up her sweatpants – and about as interested in him as he is in her mastery of supermarket coupon design. Sexually frustrated, Joel confides in his best pal, Dean (Ben Affleck), a barkeep – and soon finds himself wrapped up in a convoluted scheme to make Suzie cheat on him first with a dim-witted gigolo (Dustin Milligan) – thereby allowing him to pursue beautiful new employee Cindy (Mila Kunis) with a clear conscience. Unbeknownst to Joel, the object of his affections is a con artist/sociopath - just one step away from having her parole revoked.

Meanwhile, Joel and his second-in-command, Brian (J.K. Simmons) have entered negotiations for a buyout of Reynold Extracts by General Mills. All they need to do is keep things tidy, quiet and moving while waiting for the final offer. Of course, this fails to take into account the employees on the factory floor: Step (Clifton Collins, Jr.), a machismo-ridden doofus and self-proclaimed "fastest sorter" with lofty aspirations of rising to Floor Manager; Rory (T.J. Miller), a goth-rock geek who spends more time passing out flyers for his band than shuffling extract bottles; and Mary (Beth Grant), a fanny-packed, bitter slouch at the end of the assembly line who'd rather fold her arms and shake her head than keep life at Reynold moving along – which is exactly what she's doing when a bottleneck occurs on the line, resulting in a chain of accidents that cost poor Step a portion of his manhood.

Seeing a big payday, the con-artist temp woos the otherwise-loyal Step, convincing him to sue for millions, engaging bus bench lawyer Joe Adler (KISS's Gene Simmons) to "fight for his rights" – regardless of the fact that doing so will cost Joel the factory.

With his dry wit and remarkable ear for character and dialogue, Mike Judge brings his trademark "flavor" to these seemingly disparate threads, tying them together into an antic comedy about life in the middle.

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COMMENTS (15)

Posted by:

GZOW

September 18, 2008

This could be awesome! Bateman needs to be in more comedies, especially after Arrested Development. And Judge doesn't make a movie often. I hope it lives up to his classic, Office Space. Hollywood needs another enduring comedy classic. There have been few since.

Posted by:

MrCorwinn

October 2, 2008

Agreed, This should be good.

Posted by:

DrShock

October 5, 2008

Mike Judge is the man....should be good....not to crazy about ben assflect

Posted by:

tbd

October 27, 2008

Afflect plays the bartender friend and Gene Simmons plays the lawyer.

Posted by:

remakesrule

April 9, 2009

J.K. Simmons from Spider-Man & The Closer you mean tbd. Gene Simmons is the lead singer of KISS.

Posted by:

metallica_breath

April 10, 2009

this looks hysterical

Posted by:

Smokealot

April 13, 2009

the end with the smoke just made me laugh so hard

Posted by:

john

April 14, 2009

mike judge is the man...as dumb as idiocracy was i still loved it...electrolytes..oww my balls..good stuff...the world is missing a good classic comedy movie

Posted by:

Samp'sCineramaDome

April 18, 2009

This movie looks hilarious. Wouldn't mind seeing this one. But, I'm really waiting for Arrested Development the movie. Jason Bateman & the whole crew are suppose to reprise their roles.

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berserker

May 21, 2009

Wow, that song at the beginning is amazing! Anyone know what it is?

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