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The Extra Man (2010)

by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

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Aspiring playwright Louis Ives moves to New York, taking an environmental job with a beautiful, infatuating co-worker. Louis rents a room from an eccentric former playwright who moonlights as an 'extra man,' a social escort for the wealthy widows of Manhattan high society. The two men develop a volatile mentorship, which leads to a series of comic adventures . An aspiring writer moves to New York City and shares an apartment with an eccentric man who escorts aging widows to events.… (more)
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An eccentric old man takes in a lodger.

Sometimes it seems to think of itself as more than just silly characters acting silly, which is very strange considering how silly it is (or, at least, how silly it is when it resigns itself to being silly). Anyways, Kevin Kline shouting ridiculous things: great. Paul Dano trying to discover himself: boring.

Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: B
Dialog: A
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: D

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.5/4 ( )
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Aspiring playwright Louis Ives moves to New York, taking an environmental job with a beautiful, infatuating co-worker. Louis rents a room from an eccentric former playwright who moonlights as an 'extra man,' a social escort for the wealthy widows of Manhattan high society. The two men develop a volatile mentorship, which leads to a series of comic adventures . An aspiring writer moves to New York City and shares an apartment with an eccentric man who escorts aging widows to events.

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A failed playwright, Henry Harrison, develops an odd mentor relationship with Louis Ives, a troubled, cross-dressing, aspiring writer to whom Henry sublets a room in his New York apartment. Henry teaches Louis the art of being an "extra man", accompanying and entertaining wealthy older women in their fanciful social lives. Along the way, Louis encounters an environmentally conscious co-worker, Mary Powell, and a jealous, eccentric neighbor, Gershon
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