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The Wendell Baker Story

The Wendell Baker Story

2005
Romance
Comedy
1h 39m
Smart, sweet, hip, and engaging, this film celebrates the precipitous fall and rise of an oxymoronic movie hero - a winning loser who follows his own path. Baker, a lovable con man with high ambitions and low energy, likes to dream and scheme about tomorrow, without paying any attention to the realities of today. He embarks on a great comic misadventure that in a sometimes roundabout, but always entertaining, way, leads straight to happy endings. (ThinkFIlm)
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The Wendell Baker Story

2005
Romance
Comedy
1h 39m
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Rated 11 Oct 2010
60
20th
Starts well, with an enjoyable first act which seems at first to be going somewhere. Unfortunately the script doesn't know what to do with itself and decides on a rambling, cliched "wacky old retirement home folk show the main character how to get his life back together" archetypal plot resolution device. It's too bad, because it showed promise and (Luke) Wilson's performance is actually really good. Oh well.
Rated 30 Nov 2013
81
49th
HOLY SHIT!
Rated 25 Apr 2012
68
59th
Great cast decent movie
Rated 28 Oct 2011
25
61st
"If its nostalgia is a bit creaky, it's nonetheless also delivered with great heart." - Nick Schager
Rated 16 Dec 2011
59
12th
The ending for this movie is really lame. The conclusion seems rushed and tacked on. I did laugh a few times watching this movie but not enough to recommend it.
Rated 08 Oct 2007
30
19th
A disappointing movie, because it has a good cast. The story is weak and not convincing.

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