Extract (film)
Extract is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. The film stars Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Dustin Milligan, J. K. Simmons, and Ben Affleck. This was said to be Judges companion piece to his cultclassic Office Space. Judge also makes an uncredited appearance as Jim, a union organizer.
One day, a series of mishaps occurs at the extract factory, resulting in an employee Step losing a testicle. Cindy, a con artist and drifter, reads a news story about the accident. Hatching a getrichquick scheme, she gets a temporary job at the factory, flirting with Joel in order to manipulate him into giving her more information about Step. She also begins a series of petty thefts from her coworkers, who suspect or openly accuse each other of the thefts. Although Step initially decides not to sue the company, he changes his mind after a chance meeting with Cindy that she sets up in order to meet and flirt with him. Under Cindys influence, Step hires ambulancechaser attorney, Joe Adler.Joel, unhappy in his marriage and mistaking Cindys manipulations for genuine attraction to him, entertains the idea of an affair with Cindy however, he still loves Suzie, and wants to avoid actions that would leave him with regrets later. At the bar, Dean suggests that Joel hire a gigolo to seduce Joels wife, so that Joel can then have a guiltfree affair of his own as revenge for his wife cheating on him, first. Joel initially balks at the idea but, after his judgment is impaired after ingesting a ketamine tablet that Dean mistakenly told him was just a Xanax, Joel eventually agrees. The friends hire Brad to seduce Suzie into an affair, while posing as the pool cleaner. The next morning, Joel sobers up, realizes what he has done, and tries to stop Brad from going to his house but by then, Brad and Suzie have already begun an affair. Things backfire further, as Brad falls in love with Suzie and wants to run away with her. After smoking marijuana with Dean and his friend Willie, Joel attempts to call Cindy, but soon realizes that he is calling Willies number. Just then, Cindy walks into the apartment. Willie realizes that Joel is trying to get with Cindy who lives with Willietheyre lovers, and, infuriated, punches Joel in the face. ........
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