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Slackers

R

Released Feb 1, 2002

1 hr. 26 min.

Comedy

List

10%

105 Reviews

Tomatometer

50%

25,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Dave (Devon Sawa), Sam (Jason Segel) and Jeff (Michael 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.

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Critics 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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stephen b

I thought I had turned on a Richard Linklater movie. Turns out I had an extra "S."

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/12/23

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Carlos Augusto S

Loved Michael Maronna in this!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/15/23

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Audience Member

This movie is awesome, it’s a comedy, lighten up everybody

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Steve D

Not funny and with less heart than most.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

The movie is fun to watch. It's got that weirdness In it that's silly, but worth watching on a rainy day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

3.4 . Jason Schwartzman was excellent in this movie . Please don’t let me ever run out of these

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/20/21

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Dewey Nicks

Director

Devon Sawa

Dave

Jason Schwartzman

Ethan

Jaime King

Angela

Jason Segel

Sam

Joe Flaherty

Mr. Leonard

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Robert Koehler

Variety

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.

Apr 3, 2009

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Derek Adams

Time Out

If it's unlikely to stimulate the brain cells, it will almost certainly make you laugh out loud.

Feb 9, 2006

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Marrit Ingman

Austin Chronicle

The less said about this, the better.

Rated: 0/5

Mar 10, 2003

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Mark Steyn

The Spectator

For Mamie Van Doren's, think Harold and Maude with no humanity. For the whole picture, think American Pie with no laughs.

Feb 1, 2018

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Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

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.

Rated: 58/100

Jul 19, 2007

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

I found myself laughing a lot.

Rated: 3/4

May 26, 2006

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Synopsis

Dave (Devon Sawa), Sam (Jason Segel) and Jeff (Michael 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.

Director: Dewey Nicks
Executive Producer: Patrice Theroux, Bradley Jenkel, Mark Morgan
Screenwriter: David H. Steinberg
Distributor: Screen Gems
Production Co: Screen Gems, Destination Films
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Brief Drug Use|Strong Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 1, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 27, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.8M
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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