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starring: Devon Sawa, Robert B. Martin Jr., Jason Segel, Michael C. Maronna, Jason Schwartzmandirected by: Dewey Nicks
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767867726
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0767867726
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: August 20, 2002
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 42864
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 01, 2002
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Dewon Sawa is the impish leader of a trio of higher-education shysters who are blackmailed by deranged nerd Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore) into playing cupid in this latest twist on the college prank comedy. It starts playfully enough and winds through some clever test-taking shell games and commando-style operations to cheat the system, but soon enough falls into a familiar formula of teen sex, outrageous pranks, and gross-out gags. If that's your bag, this film rings the bell with a mind-boggling scene involving Schwartzman, '60s sex bomb Mamie Van Doren, and a sponge bath. Sawa's crooked smile is loaded for charm, James King is adorable as the angelic beauty, and Schwartzman is perhaps too convincing as a stalker with a raging psychosis, but this has nothing on Animal House, the original college rebel film of sex, scams, and the celebration of bad taste. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Greatest Movie Ever?
The answer my friends is yes... this is the greatest movie ever. And for all of you non-believers, i'm sure you lack any semblance of a sense of humor. Anyways... Cool Ethan is perhaps the finest character of our time, and Jason Schwartzman's portrayal of him should be applauded.
Rating:  - Don't listen to the naysayers
This movie is hilarious! gross silly humor, but my favorite of all Jason Schwartzman films- even better than Rushmore!
Rating:  - It's just 'American Pie' done horribly wrong!
`Slackers' is about as tasteless as `American Pie' but only has half the laughs, thus deeming it somewhat of a worthless time-waster. If you want to see a bunch of off color jokes made with no real fun factor then this is the film to watch. If you want a smart sex-comedy that will make you laugh while still delivering the goods then this is the film to avoid. Devon Sawa is your star here, the bad boy who learns a valuable lesson about scamming on the hot chick. That hot chick is Jaime (James) ... Read More
Rating:  - What's most tragic about this film . . . .
. . . . . is that it's actually being discussed. I'm pretty down about the fact that I have so few ways in which to usefully spend my time that I am offering an opinion on this excrement. Exploitation of aging film stars is nothing new and if they are willing to be exploited then who am I to complain?; there's nothing objectionable about seeing a naked body on the screen, in my opinion; we all do stupid and regrettable things in our youth and they are, potentially, funny. However, certain crimes against ... Read More
Rating:  - You're smart. I like you. I'll probably give you a nickname.
If a stranger were to walk up to me and with a straight face ask me if Slackers is worth the rental ... I would pause, consider the options, and finally say, boldly, "yes". For me, Slackers wasn't a poor film, but it wasn't, by far, the greatest comedy ever written. I am basing this fact on the "laugh" factor. For a reason that I cannot explain, I found myself mildly entertained by this film. I don't know if it was the constantly changing tone of the film, or the fact that Schwartzman pulled the comedy ... Read More
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