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The Extra Man

2010

Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman

Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, John C. Reilly ...

5.9

205

Comedy A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

	Author	Review
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"[It] isn’t in the same league as Pulcini and Berman’s landmark 'American Splendor' with Paul Giamatti as the late Harvey Pekar, but it has its moments"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"For all its flighty charms, 'The Extra Man' never really lands. It hovers like a hummingbird madly beating its wings to stay aloft."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A highly entertaining character comedy exemplified by the same virtues the titular leading man ascribes to himself — wit, intelligence and joie de vivre"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie aggressively pushes its whimsicality to the point where it feels less whimsical than just aggressive. It's often funny, but I didn't laugh much (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"This odd collection of oddballs doesn't quite play out as a satisfying movie. Beneath its exaggerated surface is actually a fairly mundane tale"	NEG

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