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Slackers (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 103 Fresh: 9  Rotten:94 Average Rating: 3.1/10
 
Consensus: Another teen comedy with little on its mind but moving to the next gross-out gag, Slackers strains for laughs and features grating characters.
 

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Runtime: 86 mins

Theatrical Release: Feb 1, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $4,814,244

Synopsis: Dave (Devon Sawa), Sam (Jason Segel) and Jeff (Michael C. Maronna) are about to graduate from Holden University with Honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these... Dave (Devon Sawa), Sam (Jason Segel) and Jeff (Michael C. Maronna) are about to graduate from Holden University with Honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Self-dubbed Cool Ethan (Jason Schwartzman), an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel. When Ethan accidentally catches Dave in an exam scam and gathers some incriminating evidence against him, Dave and his friends find themselves completely at his mercy. Threatening to expose the three Slackers Ethan offers a deal: he’ll let the guys off the hook on one condition – that they use their unethical expertise to get him the object of his desire, the brainy babe Angela (James King). Dave agrees to the plan, thinking this will be the easiest con they’ve pulled all semester. In no time they’ll return to drinking beer, picking up girls and paying smarter students to take their tests for them. There are just two problems. First of all, Cool Ethan’s experience with women is, to say the least, minimal. Secondly, and perhaps more problematically, when Dave meets the incredible Angela he starts to fall for her himself. Ethan soon discovers that despite Dave’s help and his own pathetic attempts at seduction, Angela isn’t interested in him – she’s falling for Dave. Refusing to see the writing on the wall, Ethan sabotages their relationship, and in a final attempt to insinuate himself, provides Angela with ‘a shoulder to cry on.’ To get revenge, Ethan also cancels the deal, announcing that Dave and his friends are going down, putting all of their futures at risk. But Cool Ethan just may have underestimated this trio. -- © 2001 Screen Gems [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Jamie King, Jason Segel, Michael C. Maronna, Devon Sawa

Director: Dewey Nicks
Screenwriter: David H. Steinberg
Producer: Erik Feig, Neal H. Moritz

DVD Info

Release:

May 28, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85
  • Full Frame

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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2/4

good acting, nothing much more

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Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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58/100

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07/19/07
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide
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58/100

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03/10/07
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3/4

I found myself laughing a lot.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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If it's unlikely to stimulate the brain cells, it will almost certainly make you laugh out loud.

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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2/4

...should have been a lot better.

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08/01/03
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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2/4

This may be a vaguely gratifying rent someday if you are intrigued with Schwartzman's early movies. He'll surely be around for a while.

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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly
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0/5

The less said about this, the better.

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03/10/03
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle
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1/5

You really have to wonder how on earth anyone, anywhere could have thought they'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this.

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02/13/03
Tom Grealis
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
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3/5

Isn't it a pity when the best words a film critic can say about a movie are 'not an absolute bomb'?

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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Calculated swill.

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01/20/03
Manohla Dargis
L.A. Weekly
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1/5

Ultimately as generic as its title.

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12/08/02
Michael Dequina
Film Threat
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It turns out to be a cut above the norm, thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting.

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12/02/02
Stephen Farber
Movieline
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2/5

It’s elevated into watchability thanks to the presence of Jason Schwartzman and some inspired off-the-wall moments amongst the smutty gags.

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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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1/4

There is so much wrong with Slackers, it may be more efficient simply to point out the one acceptable ingredient: Jason Schwartzman.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Its effect could appeal only to hardcore masochists: you pay it $9.50 and it spends the next two-hours laughing at how dumb you are.

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08/27/02
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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1.5/4

Going with this title is about as original as calling the movie Animal Houses.

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08/22/02
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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3.5/5

This is not your average low-brow university comedy; these filmmakers have a much more twisted sense of humour, pulling laughs from the most surprising places to liven up what is essentially just a sweet romance.

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08/12/02
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Although not the best comedy in recent memory, it's not the worst either.

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07/09/02
Paul Salfen
Supercala.com
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1/4

Asking serious questions about such movies usually is pointless, but how stupid do director Dewey Nicks and writer David H. Steinberg think women are?

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06/21/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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