Rotten
[A] drearily quirky mess.
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader
The Extra Man
They're not gigolos, they're gentlemen.
2010 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Shari Springer Berman
,
Robert Pulcini
Overview
THE EXTRA MAN is a sophisticated and moving comedy from filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. THE EXTRA MAN follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When a deeply embarrassing incident forces him to leave his job at an exclusive Princeton prep school, Louis heads to New York City to make a fresh start. He quickly finds a 9 to 5 job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker Mary (Katie Holmes).
Director and cast
- Shari Springer Berman Director
- Robert Pulcini Director
- Kevin Kline as Henry Harrison
- Paul Dano as Louis Ives
- Katie Holmes as Mary Powell
- John C. Reilly as Gershon Gruen
- Dan Hedaya as Aresh
- Alicia Goranson as Sandra
- Patti D'Arbanville as Katherine Hart
- Celia Weston as Meredith Lagerfeld
- John Pankow as George
- Marisa Ryan as Tanya
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
42%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An entertaining kinky kick of a movie, a lightweight delight about dreamers and dilettantes.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
The Extra Man is a disappointment coming from Berman and Pulcini, whose American Splendor was an imaginative biopic about the late comic-book author Harvey Pekar.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
Dano and Kline are very fine performers. So why is this comedy such a chore? The answer appears to be whimsy overload.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten
Swifter comedic timing and a clearer narrative thread might have helped center this peculiar adaptation of Jonathan Ames's 1998 novel of the same name. Then again, maybe not.
Sean O'Connell, Washington Post
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