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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781404999619
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404999612
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 37044
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Editorial Review:
Description:
This charming romantic comedy, starring Michael Showalter (Signs, TV's 'Stella'), Michelle Willaims (TV's 'Dawson's Creek'), Elizabeth Banks (Spider-Man, Heights) and Michael Ian Black (TV's 'Ed' and 'I Love the '80s'), is the story of Elliot Sherman, a conservative, risk-averse guy who is the quintessential 'Baxter' - the guy who never actually gets the girl. More anxious than ever before his wedding to Caroline, the girl of his dreams, the arrival of her hunky ex-boyfriend does nothing to ease his fears. But, this time Elliot meets someone who can help. His eccentric temp is wild at heart and full of romantic advice. Maybe this time, Elliot will allude being 'The Baxter,' and even end up with the girl of his dreams.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - good laughs for dry humor
It's a great movie for fans of Stella. A lot of dry humor and acting so terrible and corny that you must laugh.
Rating:  - Strange Success
What is more shocking than that this film represents a radical (even serious) departure from the absurdist fare of The State and Wet Hot American Summer is that it works so well that we stop wanting it to conform to those old standards of loopiness. The Baxter was ill-received by the critical community, but it seemed that no one was willing to take this lighthearted movie on its own terms. It brilliantly performs double and even paradoxical acts of being both a satire and perfect realization of the ... Read More
Rating: - A Hilarious Film with Heart
This is one of those films that I caught on cable and on first viewing, I thought it was a cute romantic comedy. But then I saw it again and I laughed hysterically. By the time I picked up the DVD, it was in my Top Ten Fav Films list, which is a tough list to get into I might add as I am quite a cinephile. Writer/Director/Star Michael Showalter plays Elliot Sherman, the self-described "Baxter" who as he describes it, is the guy in a romantic comedy who's nice but ultimately wrong for the leading lady. ... Read More
Rating:  - The story is its own worst Baxter
A "Baxter" is basically a loser, the guy who not only never gets the girl, but has to hear others applaud when he loses her to hero of the story. And since "getting the girl" is basically the same as "getting the story", the "Baxter" is fated to become the footnote in the movie. The conceit behind "The Baxter" is that an entire romantic comedy has been written around the genre's most disposable character type (the guy that the movie's hero beats out in the last 5 minutes of the movie). Unfortunately, ... Read More
Rating: - The Traditional Romantic Comedy's Back-Story
The Baxter starts where most romantic comedies end: the leading man charges into the wedding scene to declare his love for the heroine--just as she is about to marry someone else. They run into each other's arms and live happily ever after. This movie leaves the "stars" of most romantic comedies to their own devices and instead follows the Baxter (the man the leading lady was willing to settle for since she couldn't be with her true love). So begins the story of Elliot Sherman (played by writer/director ... Read More
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