The Short List of Things to Do

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Illustration for TIME by Sean McCabe

A flavoring-agent-factory owner (Jason Bateman, a deadpan delight) has a vanilla-extract existence until a beautiful con woman (Mila Kunis), a Xanax-pushing pal (Ben Affleck) and a gigolo intervene. It's as amiable and low-key as director Mike Judge's cult classic Office Space but much funnier.

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