A lonely clerk navigates corporate climbing and romantic melancholy through a darkly comedic New York.
Darkly comic, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), YouTube (free) and Tubi (free).
There is no US rating to lean on. What we tagged stays mild: some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
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Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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