The Extra Man
They're not gigolos, they're gentlemen.
They're not gigolos, they're gentlemen.
Comedy
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2010
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THE EXTRA MAN is a sophisticated and moving comedy from filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. THE EXTRA MAN follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When a deeply embarrassing incident forces him to leave his job at an exclusive Princeton prep school, Louis heads to New York City to make a fresh start. He quickly finds a 9 to 5 job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker Mary (Katie Holmes).
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
1 Aug 2010
Country:
FR, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$7,000,000
Revenue:
$453,079
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Swifter comedic timing and a clearer narrative thread might have helped center this peculiar adaptation of Jonathan Ames's 1998 novel of the same name. Then again, maybe not.
– Sean O'Connell,
Washington Post,
20 Aug 2010
rotten:
Dano and Kline are very fine performers. So why is this comedy such a chore? The answer appears to be whimsy overload.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
20 Aug 2010
rotten:
The Extra Man is a disappointment coming from Berman and Pulcini, whose American Splendor was an imaginative biopic about the late comic-book author Harvey Pekar.
– Calvin Wilson,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
10 Sep 2010
fresh:
An entertaining kinky kick of a movie, a lightweight delight about dreamers and dilettantes.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
10 Sep 2010
rotten:
[A] drearily quirky mess.
– Cliff Doerksen,
Chicago Reader,
23 Sep 2010