The Baxter

All comedies end in weddings, the axiom goes, and all too many romantic comedies end in weddings where, at the last moment, Mr. Right realizes the error of his commitment-phobic ways and whisks his long-suffering soul mate out from under the nose of some sweet but dull fellow. This romantic comedy is about that poor schmuck standing at the altar, looking like a Mac truck just ran over his dog. In other words, a "Baxter" — like accountant Elliot Sherman (writer-director Michael Showalter), whose idea of fun is backwards-pants day at work and who's been losing girlfriends to dashing old flames since his high-school prom. It's not that he doesn't have things goi...