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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... 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 demon-possessed hand. With the help of some fellow young drug abusers, some sharp objects (used to disembody several body parts), and a demon hunter (Viveca A. Fox), he may possibly restore some normalcy to his life. [More]

Starring: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Eldon Henson, Vivica A. Fox

Starring: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Eldon Henson, Vivica A. Fox, Jessica Alba, Sean Whalen, Fred Willard, Jack Noseworthy, Katie Wright

Director: Rodman Flender

Director: Rodman Flender
Screenwriter: Terri Hughes, Ron Milbauer

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Sep 2, 2008

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  • The devil will find work for idle hands to do...but what happens when he chooses the laziest teen slacker in the world to do his dirty work? Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa, Wild America) is a channel-surfing, junk-food munching, couch potato burn-out who can't control the murderous impulses of his recently possessed hand. With the help of his zombiefied buddies, Mick (Seth Green, Austin Powers: The SpyWho Shagged Me) and Pnub (Elden Henson, The Mighty), Anton's got to stop the rampaging devil appendage before it takes total control of his life and ruins any chance he has with class hottie Molly (Jessica Alba, Never Been Kissed). Vivica A. Fox (Independence Day) and Jack Noseworthy (The Brady Bunch Movie) co-star in this wickedly funny horror comedy.
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    It's a bad thriller and a bad comedy!

    Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Mary Elizabeth Williams
    Mary Elizabeth Williams
    Salon.com

    I laughed once.

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
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    Matt Lawrence
    Matt Lawrence
    Filmcritic.com

    A major buzzkill!

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    Monica Eng
    Monica Eng
    Chicago Tribune

    Dumb, blood-soaked, undeniably kinetic teen Guignol bash!

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    Owen Gleiberman
    Owen Gleiberman
    Entertainment Weekly
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    It's a void and a black hole full of NOTHING!

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
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    Oz
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    eFilmCritic.com

    Deliberately, gleefully orchestrated camp.

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    Phoebe Flowers
    Phoebe Flowers
    Miami Herald

    Even under the best of circumstances, there's nothing redeemable here.

    Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Rob Blackwelder
    Rob Blackwelder
    SPLICEDWire

    Too calculated by half and underwritten by about as much, as witlessly unaware of its faltering sense of comedy as its stoner-dude heroes are of everyday reality.

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Robert Koehler
    Robert Koehler
    Variety
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    Samples other teen horror movies like a video DJ with a tape deck, exhibiting high spirits and a crazed comic energy!

    Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
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    Roger Ebert
    Roger Ebert
    Chicago Sun-Times
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    Idle Hands is either idiotic or pandering, when it isn't both.

    Full Review Source: Scott Renshaw's Screening Room | comment Comment
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    Scott Renshaw
    Scott Renshaw
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    Proof that when moral crusaders come to hang Hollywood, Hollywood will supply the rope!

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    Sean Means
    Sean Means
    Film.com
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    Has all the old jokes you've seen before, recycled one more time.

    Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
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    Steve Rhodes
    Steve Rhodes
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    If this is what teenagers want as entertainment, as a society, we're in deeper trouble than we realize.

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    Susan Granger
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    Excruciatingly unfunny!

    Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
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    Susan Stark
    Susan Stark
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