A romantic comedy for anyone who's ever been dumped.
Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses and parents, Elliot is a perfectly nice guy. And that's his problem.
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Spare, contemporary, effortless and comic.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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“Is Michael Showalter the best thing in The Baxter?”
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“Is The Baxter too gentle for its own good?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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- aGoryLouieon TMDB · Jul 20245/10
Enjoyable enough, would have been much better if it wasn't so damn predictable Pretty much something trying to be different than the usual rom/coms only to really just be another one.
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Cast
- Michael ShowalterElliot Sherman
- Elizabeth BanksCaroline Swann
- Michelle WilliamsCecil Mills
- Justin TherouxBradley Lake
- Zak OrthWendall Wimms
- Michael Ian BlackEd
- Catherine Lloyd BurnsStella
- Peter DinklageBenson Hedges
- Paul RuddDan Abbott
- Katharine PowellSonya Simmons
Crew
- Michael ShowalterDirector
- Michael ShowalterWriter
- Craig WedrenOriginal Music Composer
- Theodore ShapiroOriginal Music Composer
- Jacob CraycroftEditor
- Sarah FlackEditor
- Galt NiederhofferProducer
- Celine RattrayProducer
- Reagan SilberProducer
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