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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 68% Fresh Page   1   "Judge is dealing with his usual subject, the paranoia and indifference of class warfare. How do you keep your front lawn and your pool clean while trying not to look too elitist and well-off?"   Examiner.com   Adam Lippe C "While familiar comedic chords are struck, the film feels unfocused and incomplete."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 3.5/5 "Extract is an excellent example of what the Coen Brothers do effortlessly - minus the movie history homages and sublime stylizations. It's a microcosm comedy, small things blown up into universal truths."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B+ "A sturdy, uproarious comedy that solidifies Judge's voice as a relaxed filmmaker with impeccable timing and a valuable interest in blending the absurd with the awkwardly real."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf B- "You get the sense that if only Mike Judge made more pictures, he'd hit his stride alongside the likes of Apatow pretty quick."   Daily Radar   Cole Smithey 3/4 "...an affable comedy..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "Tastes good until it eventually loses its flavoring."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "The plot strands wander all over the place with minimal focus, adding up to one overwhelming question: what was the point?"   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B "A perfectly good comedy with a lot of laughs and several fine characters."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "The film's performances and a selection of perfectly timed comic conversations are individually better than anything seen in this year's big comedy hits, The Hangover or Paul Blart: Mall Cop."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C- "An anemic, meandering ensemble comedy that just sputters along lamely before ending, apparently of sheer exhaustion."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/4 "The problem with the film is that, as satires go, this one has blunt teeth. It's funny, but not as funny as it should be."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "mocks idiots, hypocrites, and all the other clueless denizens of life who make it difficult for everyone else, but the bile is balanced with affection for the ordinary people who make the world turn"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4.5/5 "Some will find Judge's politics liberal; some will suggest they're conservative; I would simply say that they're American, in the best possible sense of the word, and Frank Capra might have found a lot to admire in "Extract," even with the d--- jokes."   MSN Movies   James Rocchi "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/4 "Mike Judge returns to form with this amusing, if oddly misogynistic, workplace comedy set in a flavor extract factory."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3/5 "Despite the huge farcical situations and comedy genius cast, Extract is not so much riproarious as thoughtful and true %u2013 not unlike Judge's animated series King of the Hill"   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/5 "Jason Bateman is the anchor to this film, and while there are some very rough patches in the story, he carries things along nicely."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr D- "...a dismal looking affair with flat sound. If it's title sounds like something that might happen in a dentist's office, that's about what sitting through it feels like."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "The unfunny glom of half-assed sitcom scenarios -- all setup and no punchline -- that make up Extract play like a rejected episode of King of the Hill..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/4 "I didn't dislike Extract by any stretch of the imagination, but it's not necessarily the kind of movie that's worth going out of your way to see, especially at full price."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "It has no flair."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow B- "Manages to be pleasant without ever eliciting much in the way of laughter."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 2/4 "Mike Judge doesn't sugarcoat his characters as anything more than slightly contemptible fratboys, a quality that makes his brand of comedy alternately liberating and frustrating."   Slant Magazine   Paul Schrodt 4/5 "The problem with "Extract" is that while the film is at its best when it sticks to its central workplace setting, the focus begins to drift when it moves off the factory premises."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "It's not a bad film -- it runs smoothly, creates an environment and a mood. But fans of Judge's previous work might do well to scale their expectations back."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C+ "The basic material is here for a good film, but it doesn't quite achieve that threshold. Fortunately, the film has some interesting characters."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten D "This is a disappointing effort by writer-director Mike Judge that, on paper, may have been an amusing idea. In execution, though, it is not."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 6/10 "It's a raunchy social commentary that will undoubtedly do even better when it's released on video, thereby repeating the pattern of 'Office Space.'"   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 7/10 "A perfect late-summer tonic... a genial prod at the great problem facing comfortable people in late-stage capitalism."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 4/5 "Judge ultimately proposes that happiness (as much as misery) is controlled by the whims of others, which suggests a refreshing thematic clarity to his comedy. Then again, it’s just nice to see Judge working again, because when he works, it really works."   Orlando Weekly   William Goss  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 68% Fresh Page   1