When Sawa and King take centre stage, interest drops.
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05/06/02
Slackers (2002)
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Reviews Counted:104
Fresh:10
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.
Runtime: 86 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Jamie King, Jason Segel, Michael C. Maronna
Director: Dewey Nicks
Reviews for Slackers
Top CriticThis bafflingly uninteresting, unfunny movie is very much not to be compared with superior films like Richard Linklater's Slacker or Kevin Smith's Clerks.
05/26/02
Top CriticThis 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.
08/12/02
If it's unlikely to stimulate the brain cells, it will almost certainly make you laugh out loud.
02/09/06
Top CriticNot so much a movie as an unpleasant presence that sits on the screen.
05/14/02
It’s elevated into watchability thanks to the presence of Jason Schwartzman and some inspired off-the-wall moments amongst the smutty gags.
10/30/02
Several good jokes, a whole lot of character development and some skilled direction away from crossing the line from moronic to crudely inspired.
01/30/02
Slackers is particularly disappointing because there seems to be a dark and subversive streak to the film that sadly got buried in the slipshod editing.
01/31/02
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.
07/19/07
Stay away. Far away.
01/30/02
The less said about this, the better.
03/10/03
There's scant character development, pedestrian dialogue, and an almost complete lack of humor.
02/01/02
Everything about this movie is horrible.
03/24/02
Nicks' feature debut can't quite seem to live up to its full potential, despite being backed by some obvious talent.
02/01/02
It made me feel unclean, and I'm the guy who liked There's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies. Oh, and Booty Call.
02/01/02
Top CriticNot only is Slackers painfully bad, but it's also about as morally unpleasant as a teen sex comedy can be.
01/31/02
There is so much wrong with Slackers, it may be more efficient simply to point out the one acceptable ingredient: Jason Schwartzman.
10/15/02
...the movie's not even bright enough to at least see the potential of a sense of humor amidst all its meandering.
02/15/02
Feel bad for King, who's honestly trying, and Schwartzman, who's shot himself in the foot.
02/01/02
The footage seems to have been tossed into the air and randomly reassembled when it hit the ground.
02/02/02
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