Method of Acquisition: Borrowed
Runtime: 91 minutes Year: 2005
Plot: Romantic comedy. Enough said.
Review: After the barrage of testosterone driven movies I have been loaned by my incredibly generous friends, I thought that the girliest movie in the stack would be a nice change of pace. The cast seemed pretty rad as well. Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black is always a sign of awesomeness. It wasn't awesome. The protagonist's deal was that he was "the Baxter" or "the nice guy". Despite this, he kind of treats Michelle Williams like shit while simultaneously claiming to be "the nice guy". It was one of those movies that shows a snippet of the ending first thing. It was predictable and the ending can be guessed in about the first minute (even if they didn't show it). But when a movie sucks, I like to cling to the hope that tragedy will strike all the characters. If there was a gigantic earthquake or a terrorist attack halfway through, it would have been a way better movie. The main positive was that the singing portions were short and sweet. Had they done long drawn out musical performances, I would have needed to turn it off. It does draw out the actual ending. There is a scene after the first round of credits and another after the second round. 90 minutes is kind of my limit with movies and if the extra scenes had been cut out it would have been a comfortable 89. 91 was just far too much for this.
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