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   The Baxter. The Baxter is a 2005 American comedy film written by, directed by and starring comedian Michael Showalter. A "Baxter", as defined by the film, is the nice, dull guy in a romantic comedy who is dumped at the end of the story for the protagonist . Much light humor is made of showing Showalter as a "Baxter" in several typical romantic ...

2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0401244The Baxter (2005) - IMDb

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   Apr 24, 2005 · The Baxter: Directed by Michael Showalter. With Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux. 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.

   • 6.5/10 (4.9K)
   • Genre: Comedy, Romance

   • Director: Michael Showalter
   • Release Date: 2005-04-24

3. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-baxter-2005The Baxter movie review & film summary (2005) | Roger Ebert

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   Sep 8, 2005 · Benson may be a Hedges, but he will never be a baxter. The problem with "The Baxter" is right there at the center of the movie, and maybe it is unavoidable: Showalter makes too good of a baxter. He deserves to be dumped. At some point everyone in the movie should have jilted him and gone off and started a movie of their own.

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   Aug 26, 2005 · The Baxter is good-natured, but there are simply not enough laughs to fuel this comedy. Elliot Sherman (Michael Showalter) has had terrible luck with women during his life, losing three of them to ...

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   • Director: Michael Showalter

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: Michael Showalter

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5. www.themoviedb.org › movie › 13169-the-baxterThe Baxter (2005) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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   Aug 26, 2005 · A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses and parents, Elliot is a perfectly nice guy. And that's his problem. A man ...

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   The Baxter, written by, directed by, and starring Michael Showalter, is a 2005 Romantic Comedy told from the point of view of the typical guy pushed aside for the love interest. Elliott Sherman (Showalter), a pleasant and professionally successful Brooklyn accountant, has a history of losing potential love interests to cooler, more sensitive ...

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   Is the Baxter a comedy?

   • The Baxter is a 2005 American comedy film written by, directed by and starring comedian Michael Showalter. A "Baxter", as defined by the film, is the nice, dull guy in a romantic comedy who is dumped at the end of the story for the protagonist .

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   • Watch The Baxter with a subscription on Paramount+. The Baxter is good-natured, but there are simply not enough laughs to fuel this comedy. Elliot Sherman (Michael Showalter) has had terrible luck with women during his life, losing three of them to ex-boyfriends in outlandish situations.

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   Who directed the Baxter?

   • The Baxter: Directed by Michael Showalter. With Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux. 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.

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   Why is 'the Baxter' a bad movie?

   • The problem with "The Baxter" is right there at the center of the movie, and maybe it is unavoidable: Showalter makes too good of a baxter. He deserves to be dumped. At some point everyone in the movie should have jilted him and gone off and started a movie of their own.

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8. www.slantmagazine.com › film › the-baxterReview: The Baxter - Slant Magazine

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   Jul 14, 2005 · A “Baxter” is a nice, safe, milquetoast guy women settle for when bosom-heaving romance no longer seems attainable, a description that might also apply to writer-director-star Michael Showalter’s The Baxter itself, a skewed-perspective screwball comedy that’s cute and amusing, but so unthreatening that it’s unlikely to raise anyone’s temperature.