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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   2,692 votes
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Director:
Michael Showalter
Writer (WGA):
Michael Showalter (written by)
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Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A romantic comedy for anyone who's ever been dumped.
Plot:
In the style of a Howard Hawks comedy, Baxter follows the twists and turns of a young man's life during the two weeks before his wedding. | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Michael Moore Is Smitten With ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’
 (From MTV Movies Blog. 9 July 2009, 2:00 PM, PDT)

Liv Tyler Gets Romantic
 (From TheMovingPicture. 23 March 2009, 9:45 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Good, even though I hate romance.. more (40 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Michael Showalter ... Elliot Sherman

Elizabeth Banks ... Caroline Swann

Michelle Williams ... Cecil Mills

Justin Theroux ... Bradley Lake

Zak Orth ... Wendall Wimms

Michael Ian Black ... Ed
Catherine Lloyd Burns ... Stella

Peter Dinklage ... Benson Hedges

Paul Rudd ... Dan Abbott

Katharine Powell ... Sonya Simmons
Jon DeVries ... Alan Swann
Donna Mitchell ... Judy Swann
Haviland Morris ... Kate Lewis

David Wain ... Louis Lewis
Jim DeMarse ... Leonard Sherman
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for brief sexual humor and some drug references.
Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG-13

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Trivia:
Michael Ian Black and Catherine Lloyd Burns play a couple named "Ed" and "Stella". These are the names of two television shows starring Michael Ian Black. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the Dartmouth pep rally flashback, Tanner is holding a girl's lacrosse stick. more
Quotes:
Caroline Swann: It would take an act of God for Bradley and I to ever cross paths again.
Bradley Lake: [pops his head into frame] Caroline.
Caroline Swann: Bradley!
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Movie Connections:
References Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Cocaine Versus Pot and Beer more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Good, even though I hate romance.., 16 November 2006
9/10
Author: NooniWooni

Okay.. Well, the movie starts out with the end. It shows Elliot getting left at the alter for the more exciting ex. For the most part, I absolutely HATE movies that give it away at the beginning and make me guess it all, like Lake House, and Sixth Sense. However, The big part in this movie was seeing HOW it happened(and what happened afterwards), not what happened.. Which we already know.

Elliot, according to his grandmother, is a Baxter. The man who always gets left for the ex she's really still in love with. The nice guy they settle for because they can't get who they really want, until they can at least. In other words, he gets used.

He falls in love with Caroline Swan, but before they get married, her ex, Bradley is back. Elliot knows what's going to happen, and tries to stop it the best he can.

I don't see why so many complain about the casting for Elliot (Michael Showalter)... He was SUPPOSED to be a bland, nice guy.. Who get pushed around, never really 'noticed', not an extravagant part. Of course the rest of the cast is great. Although Bradley kind of bothers me, only because I knew a guy JUST like him.. Anyway..

The only scene that bothered me was the suicide scene, because he didn't really act. On the other hand, I don't want him to act, at least not a whiny cryie scene like that. Just not like him. However, Davin Wain's part was so great in that, so, oh well..

Annyyywaayy, if you like romance movies, or comedy movies, or Stella.. Pick this up..

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