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Director: Michael Showalter
Movie review
From Time Out New York
It's a given that dorky accountant Elliot (Showalter) has no chance of marrying his Waspy blond fiancée (Elizabeth Banks). The question is whether he'll realize that the mousy office temp (Williams) is the woman he's destined to be with. Neither the writer-director-actor's dexterous duty-juggling nor Williams's daffy turn can save the movie from being self-consciously wispy to a fault; even by romantic-comedy standards, this is one airy confection. But The Baxter, like its protagonist, manages to squeak by on nice-guy charm. Somewhere, Ralph Bellamy is beaming like a proud papa.Author: DF
Time Out New York website
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Showalter
Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Galt Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray, Reagan Silber
Cast: Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux, Zak Orth, Michael Ian Black, Katherine Lloyd Burns, Peter Dinklage, Paul Rudd, Katharine Powell full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 91 mins
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