MMM: Extract (2009)

Starring

Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck

In Brief

An entrepreneur struggles with his increasingly frustrating business, his increasingly stressed marriage and an increasingly gorgeous Mila Kunis. Not enough? Bateman plays a reasonably successful businessman who’s forced to deal with the consequences of an unfortunate industrial accident looming over his impending business sale. To complicate matters, a young con-artist has come into town and is making him uncomfortably horny all the time.

The Beef

I had high hopes for this one. Like a lot of people I think I was hoping for more like Arrested Development. I know Mike Judge has nothing to do with Arrested Development, but it seemed like it was going to be more of that smart, sarcastic comedy. In hindsight, it may have been a lot to ask for. A lot of the comedy in Arrested Development (and sitcoms in general) comes from your familiarity with the characters, and there’s just not the time to do that in a 90 minute movie. As a result, Extract has quite a few funny moments and the story itself sounds funny, but everything is leveled throughout the entire movie and it just doesn’t produce any real laugh-out-loud moments. Overall it felt much more sedated and slow than I was expecting.

I was disappointed, but I had high expectations for Extract. I think this is a perfectly decent movie and well worth the 90 minutes of your life – if only to oggle Mila Kunis for a while.
3/5 (Ok)

Weigh In

213 lbs.