Extract, not great, but more enjoyable than most.

It's strange to be recommneding a movie based on these grounds. It's just that these days most movies are lousy and leave you both unfulfilled and feeling like the experience had nothing to offer. Well, Extract is better than those movies. It is not hilarious and doesn't satisfy the laughter need you go in with, but it certainly has an ejoyable story about a fun little loop-hole situation that seems to make sense, not only to its characters, but also to us. Jason Bateman wants to cheat on his wife, but can't unless she cheats on him first, so he hires a gigolo to seduce and sleep with her. Things get a little out of control from there. There's another main plot going on besides this one that involves a factory accident, a hot seductress (femme fatale baby), and a suing of the factory that can put the whole place out of business. The two plot lines run side by side for Joel, who also has to deal with an annoying neighbor who won't take no for an answer. For about half this movie, I thought it was just average, maybe even a little below. Not really funny and just slightly interesting. But then unexpected things started happening, some of them twisty, some of them just fun and nice. And the movie got better and better as it went on. The cast is appealing, and that goes a long way.In the end, Mike Judge has constructed a fun little film that doesn't do anything spectacular, but is still enjoyable on a very light level.