Pot is not drugs. Its a flower.

Internet, I'm a big fan of Mike Judge's humor. And my answer is always a huge resounding YES to Jason Bateman. Add Mila Kunis and J.K Simmons, an actress on a comedic rise and a veteran who you can always rely on for laughs, to the mix and you'd think you would get something that would make you want to lick the bowl. You'd think...

Extract tells the story of Joel (Bateman), the owner of a factory that produces various extracts, and the growing chaos that surrounds his life. While stuck in a ho-hum routine at work and surrounded by dimwitted employees, he must deal with a frigid, jogging-pants-wearing wife (Kristen Wiig) and one hell of an annoying neighbor (David Koechner, or I've-seen-this-guy-before-but-where?) back home. However, the degree of shitiness hits a new high for Joel when one of his employee loses a testicule in a freak work accident. Half Eunuch (Clifton Collins Jr.) is pushed into suing the company by a beautiful con artist (Kunis) posing as a new temp at the factory, who Joel incidentaly wants to nail. But how could Joel, always-do-the-right-thing Joel manage to do this without feeling guilty? By hiring a gigolo (the suprisingly effective Dustin Milligan) to have an affair with his wife, of course! Now add a shaggy-haired, drug-pushing best friend (Ben Affleck) to the plot and....are you still following me?

You gotta feel for Mike Judge. This guy gave us Office Space, an instant cult classic, in 1999. 10 years later, he has still not managed to achieve that kind of success again. Until now? Not exactly, but it certainly was a good effort. It certainly doesn't do any good that one can't help comparing it to Office Space. For example, its easy to associate Nathan, Koechner's insipid bore of a neighbor, to Office Space's oddball Milton. Since Nathan gets about the same amount of respect than Milton, you'd expect for him to have a similarly hilarious meltdown. The end result is sadly predictable and falls flat. This is one of many instances where the writing, though funny, was lacking a bit of zinger, or biting wit or whatever you want to call it. Also, Gene Simmons' turn as the lawyer was way too short.

The kicker in all this? Dustin Milligan can act. Who knew?..Unless being stupid and douchey comes...nope, this one is just waaaaay too easy...