A script filled with blunt dialogue on sex, drugs and violence that's neither funny nor particularly original.
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01/01/00
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Idle Hands (1999)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:8
Rotten:45
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: Idle Hands has neither the humor or the scares to satisfy audiences.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Anton is a teenage stoner who, one Halloween season, realizes two days after the fact that his parents have been beheaded. He is even more disturbed to learn that the culprit may be his recently... [More]
Starring: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Eldon Henson, Vivica A. Fox
Director: Rodman Flender
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Reviews for Idle Hands
Idle Hands may be the devil's playground, but empty minds are the venue for this time waster.
03/24/02
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10/18/08
Stupid, silly fun with a decent amount of gore and heavy dose of teen humor
06/19/04
If an original thought found its way into this horror-comedy it would die of loneliness.
01/01/00
When a movie sets out to be awful and achieves its goal, does that make it a success?
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Top CriticFunnier than it is scary, and not very funny at that.
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Performances are adequate, but mostly uninspired.
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The most overtly ideological moment comes when pot-smoking proves the boys' best weapon against evil.
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As midnight movies go, this one is pretty mediocre, and most of its weakness derives from a certain lack of comic inspiration.
01/01/00
A heavy-handed disappointment saturated in tired movie blood.
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Top CriticThis film smacks of poor judgment and bad taste, particularly in the wake of the Littleton, Colo., killings.
01/01/00
It may not be a great movie, but it's one of the most amusing times I've had at the multiplex this whole year.
01/01/00
Idle Hands is all thumbs. Ten of ‘em, black and blue and bloodied, all pointed down in deference of the Siskel and Ebert rating system. Yuck.
01/01/00
Director Rodman Flender keeps the jokes fresh with witty dialogue!
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The best slasher flick since the first Scream!
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It gets pretty tiresome pretty fast!
01/01/00
I admit to having chuckled once; that's why the movie gets a generous one star instead of none.
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Top CriticWhen it's over, you may feel like cutting off your own hand for having paid good money at the ticket counter.
02/27/01
Creepy in all the wrong ways.
01/01/00
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