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Monday, October 05, 2009

Extract (2009, USA)

Extract has all the hallmarks of your typical Mike Judge satire, like Office Space and Idiocracy, with one important exception – it’s not remotely funny. The movie is completely flat, with lazy performances and even lazier writing and directing. Even J.K. Simmons can’t evoke a laugh, which is frankly just criminal. And Judge’s late-game cameo is insultingly overdone. It’s a shame that this wasn’t the Judge movie that got dumped into half a dozen theaters with no promotion. It probably would have been best for all involved.

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