![]() ![]() Reilly) has a squeaky speaking voice a Russian is also a hunchback an emaciated, unhealthy-looking girl (played by Katie Holmes) who works at an environmental magazine is also a vegan snob a rich lady likes fast-food chicken a fat lady has a bum leg that hinders her mobility, physically and socially. The filmmakers assign each character one or possibly two off-the-wall traits: a hirsute man ( John C. In other words, I didn't often feel like I was being allowed to notice any details for myself that weren't already being shoved in my face. It's often funny, but I didn't laugh much because the looniness is so blatant there's no room for the freshness of discovery. Plenty of wackiness occurs in “The Extra Man” and each crazy incident is designed to showcase the idiosyncrasies of these two nutty characters - the callow, introverted youth and his tempestuous mentor - and to provide two fine comedic actors with big juicy wads of masticatory grist, whether it's a ritualistic morning free-form interpretive dance or a tutorial in how to urinate on the street without attracting undue attention.Ĭo-directed by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (" American Splendor," " The Nanny Diaries"), and co-written by them with Jonathan Ames from the latter's novel, the movie aggressively pushes its whimsicality to the point where it feels less whimsical than just aggressive. ![]()
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