Klein and Dano make a pretty good comic duo in this movie with Dano playing the straight man and Klein portraying another memorable character.  Ives finds out quickly about the quirks surrounding Henry, like how he is woken up every morning to Henry’s loud music and dancing.  “You have a strange power over people,” Ives tells Henry.  “It’s my constant disapproval.  People think it fatherly,” Henry replies.  The movie is filled with great dry lines throughout and Klein’s excellent execution of his deadpan delivery of his lines.

The directing team of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini prove once again that sometimes two directors are better than one.  The two know how to structure a story together and build great three-dimensional characters.  John C. Reilly also joins this great cast as the mysterious downstairs neighbor of Ives and Henry and just wait to you lay your eyes on what he looks like in this movie.  There was a summer full of big Hollywood comedies, and it’s good to see a fine independent comedy come along every now and then.  “The Extra Man” is certainly one of them.