Slackers (2002)
Average Rating: 3.1/10
Reviews Counted: 105
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 94
Another teen comedy with little on its mind but moving to the next gross-out gag, Slackers strains for laughs and features grating characters.
Average Rating: 2.5/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 30
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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Three lifelong cheaters wise up in this gross-out college comedy, which marks the second feature role for Rushmore star Jason Schwartzman. It's the last semester of senior year for roomies Dave (Devon Sawa), Sam (Jason Segel), and Jeff (Michael C. Maronna), a trio of twenty-somethings whose enthusiasm for higher learning is matched only by their enthusiasm for root canals performed without the aid of anesthesia. As such, their entire collegiate existence has been an elaborate series of cons and
Cast
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Devon Sawa
Dave -
Jason Schwartzman
Ethan -
James King
Angela -
Jason Segel
Sam -
Michael C. Maronna
Jeff -
Laura Prepon
Reanna -
Sam Anderson
Charles Patton -
Leigh Taylor-Young
Valerie Patton -
Joe Flaherty
Mr. Leonard -
Jim Rash
Philip -
Charles Dougherty
Anatomy Professor -
Gina Gershon
Woman in bar (Uncredite... -
Jon Kasdan
Barry -
Wesley Mann
Male Executive -
Michael McDonald
Economics Professor1 -
Mamie Van Doren
Mrs. Van Graaf -
Gedde Watanabe
Japanese Proctor -
Howard Mungo
Doctor -
Marilyn Staley
Singing Waitress -
Cameron Diaz
Movie Star -
Joanna Sanchez
Nurse -
Tom Retta
Office Manager -
Todd Giebenhain
Stoned Testtaker -
Don Michaelson
Professor Markoe -
Heidi Kramer
Hottie #1 -
Japhet "J.P." Coe
Phillip -
Travis Davis
Airborne Driver -
Shelley Dowdy
Shelley -
Rick Dubov
Security Guard -
Margaret Easley
Receptionist -
Mary Faulkner
Female Executive -
Nat Faxon
Karl -
Jason Garner
Singing Waiter -
Alissa Kramer
Hottie #2 -
Robert B. Martin Jr.
The Gimp -
Kim Stanwood
Dave's Mom -
Michael Swiney
Homeless Guy -
Melanie Deanne Moore
Pissed Off Co-Ed -
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All Critics (106) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (94) | DVD (12)
This debut for helmer and vid vet Dewey Nicks and scribe David H. Steinberg, a feverishly naughty revenge comedy, is awful and subversively spunky at the same time.
If it's unlikely to stimulate the brain cells, it will almost certainly make you laugh out loud.
Nicks and Steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that's giving it the old college try.
Airs the same kind of randy, testosterone-fueled humor that has been a staple of comedies about college party guys since Animal House.
[I]t may be the first movie ever targeted to John Hinkley, about the only person I can see as the target audience.
There are laughs here, but easily as many groans.
Top Criticgood acting, nothing much more
It's several good jokes, a whole lot of character development and some skilled direction away from crossing the line from moronic to crudely inspired.
I found myself laughing a lot.
...should have been a lot better.
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.
The less said about this, the better.
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.
Isn't it a pity when the best words a film critic can say about a movie are 'not an absolute bomb'?
Calculated swill.
Ultimately as generic as its title.
It turns out to be a cut above the norm, thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting.
It's elevated into watchability thanks to the presence of Jason Schwartzman and some inspired off-the-wall moments amongst the smutty gags.
There is so much wrong with Slackers, it may be more efficient simply to point out the one acceptable ingredient: Jason Schwartzman.
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.
Going with this title is about as original as calling the movie Animal Houses.
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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