This movie caused me to laugh hysterically throughout many parts of the film. A lot of it was due to its unique plot. Hollywood particularly lacks uniqueness these days. Jason Bateman did not play the rude character that he plays in most of his films. He was likable and relatable. It bothers me how movies try to use these macho characters as their stars. It makes you care about the story much less because many people are not like them. The movie also deals with ordinary problems that many people have throughout the day. One of them was the interaction between Jason Bateman and his neighbor. It dealt with the frequent struggle to avoid situations like that. The ending with Kirsten Wiig was the only thing that was not relatable to me or many audience members. Besides that, it was almost completely to my liking.

Nothing worse than a comedy that isn't funny, Bateman and Affleck should be ashamed of this mess.

There were a lot of good actors in Extract, but some of the casting decisions were quite surprising. I didn't expect to see Bateman and Affleck in a same movie, but it still worked out pretty well.The story was more interesting than the summary made me think. A lot of things were happening at once, which is a lot better than focusing on one thing during the entire film. I think they didn't let us get to know all characters as well as they could've.There was all kind of humour in this, even black humour, but they used way too many types for it to be effective. That means some viewers only respond to some kind of humour and not all of it, even if they recognize "oh yeah, that was probably supposed to be funny". The movie had a lot of potential, but for some reason it didn't live up to that potential. Now afterwards I'm not really feeling anything. I don't feel good or bad or amused. I just feel like that was a movie, very general and very decent. Technically it was well- made, but for some reason it feels like Mike Judge didn't work hard enough. This movie worked but it doesn't stand out in any way.

I love Jason Bateman, so I catch any film he's in. This one is "Extract," a Mike Judge film from 2009.Joel is the owner of an extract manufacturing plant. He's not having an easy time of it. His wife (Kristen Wiig) won't have sex with him because he gets home too late, so he is constantly trying to get home before he puts on the sweat pants - because then it's over. He never makes it, and on the day that he almost makes it, he is stopped by the world's most talkative neighbor (David Koechner) who wants to see if Joel and his wife will attend the Rotary Club dinner. Meanwhile, Joel has taken advice from a drug addict as to how to prove if his wife was faithful, so she's now sleeping with someone she thinks is the pool man.That's on the personal front. Then his floor manager is seriously injured in a machine accident and it looks like a big lawsuit. His new employee, Cindy, is a scam artist, and is encouraging the injured man to soak the company dry.Joel had an offer to sell the company which, with the lawsuit, may not happen. Does he even want to sell? Does he want his marriage? He doesn't know, but he'd better find out.Comedy movies with wacky characters in wacky situations is my favorite thing. With a little more tightening, this movie could have been hilarious. As it is, it's amusing, but maybe there are one too many things going on.Still, the performances are good, and it has some very funny situations.