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Movie Overview
Cast
• Jason Schwartzman
• Jamie King
• Jason Segel
Director
• Dewey Nicks
MPAA Rating
R - strong language and sexual content, and brief drug use
Slackers (2002)

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OFCS Rating: 8% Rotten
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5/10
"I believe there are some tiny suggestions of hilarity to be found under all the clichéd nonsense."  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

"Consider the title's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept."  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

0/4
"...the movie's not even bright enough to at least see the potential of a sense of humor amidst all its meandering."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

2/4
"...should have been a lot better."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

1/4
"After 87 painfully unfunny minutes of Slackers, you'll be begging for the type of mercy that only comes with the start of the end credits."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

2.5/4
"Nicks refuses to let Slackers be seen as just another teen movie, which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B-
"The simple fact is, I laughed more than not-laughed at the movie -- a fact I'm almost embarrassed to admit."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

F
"So astonishingly awful there aren't enough negative adjectives in the dictionary to do it full justice."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

1.5/4
"Nicks, seemingly uncertain what's going to make people laugh, runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"About the only good thing that can be said about Slackers is that it means critics and viewers will have to find one less awful film to complete their list of the year's worst offerings."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

3/10
"The mofo who wrote this baby apparently came up with the "story" for American Pie 2, so you do the math."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

"Slackers is yet another movie that gives too many of its gags away in the trailer."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

D+
"Schwartzman's intensely creepy character is more likely to elicit ill will than entertainment "  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

1/5
"The gags are familiar collegiate stuff."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

1.5/4
"Watching Slackers is like listening to 2 Live Crew or watching Andrew Dice Clay"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

1/5
"Ultimately as generic as its title."  Film Threat  Michael Dequina

1/4
"The title not only describes its main characters, but the lazy people behind the camera as well."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

3.5/5
"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."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

D-
"Don't waste your money."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

53/100
"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."  Apollo Guide  Scott Weinberg

D
"...the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex, outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

2/4
"good acting, nothing much more"  sbs.is  Stefan Birgir Stefansson

"The tastelessness of its jokes is nothing compared to its sheer cluelessness."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

2/4
"It's too interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 8% Rotten
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