Slackers details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Jason Schwartzman, James King, Mamie Van Doren, Laura Prepon, Devon Sawa, Michael C. Maronna, Jason Segel |
| Director: | Dewey Nicks |
| Genre: | Comedy - Teen |
| Studio: | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Name | Discs | |
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Slackers |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 27 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 18 Nov 2002 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | English |
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What could have been
By Kimberly Softley from Wolverhampton, England (By way of Montreal, Quebec) , 30 Sep 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
I was really looking forward to seeing this movie, as Jason Schwartzman is a fabulous actor capable of playing a myriad of roles at ease. However in 'Slackers' his talents are completely wasted. Instead of an honest & hilarious performance we get a forced & contrived one that barely scratches the surface of funny. And for this I blame Dewey Nicks.
Director Nicks starts the film off with a bang; the London philharmonic playing The Who's 'Baba O'Riley' over the opening sequence is gorgeous. Instantly thoughts of Wes Anderson pop to mind, the style and use of music are very similar - things are looking good. However, within minutes things go downhill at break neck speed.
The so called quirky characters are caricatures of characters from other movies, the depiciton of college life is a mish mash of everything from classics like 'Revenge of the Nerds' to more recent hits like 'Road Trip', even the script starts to fall apart mid way through the film. At it's best the entire movie is forumlaic & trite.
The only other glimmer of light in the movie is a fabulous Glee Club version of Ace Of Base's 'The Sign'. It's bad when the music is the best feature of your film.
Dewey Nicks; shame on you for tarnishing the fine legacy of Richard Linklaters 'Slacker'. Especially when there was so much potential there.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(11)Funny College Film
By Spongeymonkey (11 reviews) from England , 18 Nov 2012If you like teenage/college humor and dirty jokes, this is for you. The whole film is basically goofy college humor and most movies like that don't really have a well thought out film. With this they had all of that without forgetting about what the film was about or ruining the story at the end. I felt very sorry for Dave when Ethan lied to Angela about him. Luckily they got everything settled out. I'm surprised actor Michael C. Maronna isn't as big as he is because he was funny in this film. He should get himself into more films like this. See this film if you haven't seen it. If you have, see it again.- Was this review helpful to you?
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likeable but no belly laughs here
By brambledancer (33 reviews) from Loughborough , 15 Jul 2009Here we have another in the genre of teen college comedy which has a touch more sophistication & potencial around the main story or theme but little else.
It follows the story of 3 college slackers who excel at cheating at college work & having a pretty good time a school, until one day they are caught by a character called cool Ethan who then promptly blackmails our scheming heroes into doing his bidding. This essentially means helping him get the girl of his dreams/ compulsive stalker type obssesions in various convoluted situations & encounters.
the story has some good scenes with some good potencial for some real laughs but it just doesn't come across well, in fact the laughs are few.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Rubbish
By themorlands (40 reviews) from Derby , 02 Apr 2009This has a great plot and starts off hopeful. But gets worse as the film progresses. The trailer is far better than the entire film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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FAB
By Av (1 review) from Halifax , 12 May 2008So funny worth watching- Was this review helpful to you?
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Average...
By a customer from East London , 02 Jun 2007Not so good, just have it on in the background, not that bad... not that good either!- Was this review helpful to you?
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