The Baxter

[Just Withnail]

Directed by:
Michael Showalter

Cast:
Michael Showalter   (Elliot Sherman), Elizabeth Banks (Caroline), Michelle Williams (Cecil), Justin Theroux (Bradley), Zak Orth (Wendall), Michael Ian Black   (Ed), Catherine Lloyd Burns (Stella) Abby Wathen   (Kimberly), Peter Dinklage (Benson), Melisa McGregor (Lilly)

Release dates: New York, 26. Aug - L.A., 2. Sept

Trailer

From TheBaxterMovie.com:

The Baxter (noun)
Mr. Wrong.
The epitome of "settling".

In every romantic comedy there's always that scene at the end where the leading man barges through the chapel doors just as the leading lady is about to marry the Wrong Guy. This is about the guy left at the altar. The wrong guy. That guy is called the Baxter. The Baxter is the kind of guy who you "settle" for because you can't be with the one you really love.

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Judging by the trailer it seems okey and cute. I figured it warranted a thread of it's own mostly due to the activity in the Stella and Theroux threads.

[Pubrick]

I figured it warranted a thread of it's own mostly due to the activity in the Stella and Theroux threads.

also: michelle williams.

[modage]

i saw it a few months ago...

thats all i have to say about that.

[cowboykurtis]

the film's marketing describes a "baxter" as someone who is "the wrong guy" - somone who is always second priority, a third wheel, so to speak. Does anyone think that this was directly derived from Jack Lemmon's character in The Apartment - C.C BAXTER - I'd bet the bank that it was.

[modage]

it wasn't, though he keeps being asked the question.  Showalter's never seen The Apartment.

[Alethia]

i can't wait for this