I love this movie for many reasons, but what I want to do here is talk about where the title comes from. Even professional reviewers seem to have missed this.
I am not sure that this will spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it yet, but I did check the "Contains spoiler" box, just in case.
In any event, the hero defines a "Baxter" as the nice guy who doesn't get the girl in the end. Claims this is what his grandmother called such men.
The fact is that the classic Billy Wilder movie, "The Apartment" (1960), featured a hero played by Jack Lemmon whose name in that movie is C.C. "Bud" Baxter.
That character does get the girl in the end. In both movies, though, the emphasis is not so much on some "mystery" to be solved, but on the fact that the course of true love doesn't always run smoothly. And that we don't always know just who it is that we have actually fallen in love with.
I love both movies. Perhaps it's a good idea to watch them back to back. That way the enjoyment of the one would add to the enjoyment of the other. They are different, but have certain interesting themes in common.
I am not sure that this will spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it yet, but I did check the "Contains spoiler" box, just in case.
In any event, the hero defines a "Baxter" as the nice guy who doesn't get the girl in the end. Claims this is what his grandmother called such men.
The fact is that the classic Billy Wilder movie, "The Apartment" (1960), featured a hero played by Jack Lemmon whose name in that movie is C.C. "Bud" Baxter.
That character does get the girl in the end. In both movies, though, the emphasis is not so much on some "mystery" to be solved, but on the fact that the course of true love doesn't always run smoothly. And that we don't always know just who it is that we have actually fallen in love with.
I love both movies. Perhaps it's a good idea to watch them back to back. That way the enjoyment of the one would add to the enjoyment of the other. They are different, but have certain interesting themes in common.