cricketbat The Baxter starts with a really great idea, but it doesn't follow through. I'm afraid that the weakest link in the movie is the main character (who is also the writer and director) - he just didn't work for me. Still, it has some cute moments and it is fairly original.

nanlee I thought the actors in The Baxter were well cast. It also has a promising beginning and fun, smile-making finale. The string of relationship mini-horrors were amusing and occasionally charming.However, it managed to feel longer than its 90 minutes. I know that since the film was made for laughs, it's not essential to get that complex with plot or people. But even knowing the story outcome and being cool with that, I just wanted a few character surprises to intrigue me enough throughout the movie's middle. Also, I wasn't sure if I had sympathy for Elliot or not. He seemed a bit of an empty shell for someone who is successful, enjoys learning, and is the story's main focus. Even though Elliot's fiancée Caroline might have been settling for him all along, I still ended up liking her more than him.Don't get me wrong. I don't regret seeing The Baxter. It's just that I've seen funnier and more real (at least in theory) movie dweebs via Napolean Dynamite, Office Space, and even the first Revenge of the Nerds (well, Booger anyway).

Leslie King The Baxter is really a humorously written and acted film. It quite cannily portrays the passivity and reactionary mindset through the main character Elliot Sherman, a proud CPA. Is being a Baxter such a bad trait after all? His contrasting counterpart would be Bradley Lake, (Justin Theroux) a world traveler, who avidly gets in touch with his feminine and masculine nature, when it comes to developing a love relationship. He weeps tears, loves a great hamburger and beer, and dancing too. These two men's, two women's, and their friends exaggerated characters, are authentic humor, reminding us of the power of film, in comparison to the novel. It is a fabulous example of cinematic purpose. Is Bradley in love with ex- Caroline (Elizabeth Banks), Elliot's fiancée, or is he in love with only giving and receiving intimate love? Granted, it's an important facet to the relationship, but it's not enough in and of itself, to maintain a marriage. It is too bad that Cecil Mills, (Michelle Williams) Elliot's temp is always his second choice. In the last scene, she is wearing red, symbolic to second place. Does this film end with her as only a "Baxterette"? Watch the film and decide for yourself. Still, it's a guarantee that you'll find some good laughs from these silly and quirky personalities, who remind us that sometimes we can never be absolutely confident about the love bonds that we make. To error is human – and at least we and they can do a good job about making some humor of it, because in the end, these characters are likely serious about the sentiment, wanting to be happy in love.

Ivan Jasikovic Baxters, as it's explained in the movie, are those bachelors who get dumped before the alter. That's what happened to Elliot, a nerdy but benevolent accountant. He tells us the story about meeting the girl he was going to marry and how her former boyfriend Bradley (a good looking lad, the very opposite of Elliot) comes again into her life. She is getting cold towards Elliot but she's very understanding towards Bradley and his problems. It's obvious she's still hot when it comes to Bradley, and in that situation Elliot is looking even more nerdy. But there's this other girl that seems more honest and sincere than his fiancée, but she has a boyfriend...I would say that the movie has spoiled itself because we know from the start that Elliot is get dumped. And after we see the new secretary-girl, its not difficult for us to guess that they will start a relationship, and that has also affected my vote for this movie. Anyway, it can be recommended to all those who are mainly fond of romantic comedies.