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25 out of 34 people found the following comment useful :-
Whats wrong with you people?!, 21 May 2003

Author: Justin (jayfril) from Charlotte, NC

Worst movie of the year? Ok...the name is SLACKERS! Not Schindlers List Part 2. Why do you people try to pull so much meaning out of these stoner flicks? What are you thinking when you rent these movies? That you'll find a diamond in the rough? A Spielbergian classic?!? I like stupid humor. Sue me. I can laugh dumb nonsense. I've shown this to a ton of people and they all found humor in it. Cool Ethan is quite possibly the craziest character ever written and what his face from Rushmore pulls it off perfectly. Plus whats his face from that Stan video is PIMP in this movie. Seriously...take notes from STAN, eminems greatest fan.

My advice to you critics that downplay a stupid script in the first place is to stop watching comedy's. Stop now while you're ahead. Thank you and good day.

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13 out of 17 people found the following comment useful :-
Funny., 5 July 2005

Author: baruchandbenedict from United States

I went on a road trip to North Carolina to see the band Funeral Diner and I found this DVD inexplicably lying in the backseat of my car the next day. When I put it in, I expected it to be absolutely worthless; the type of film that history would forget in 2 years. I loved it, though. Teenaged boys always have a first major crush and feel like they're going crazy when their lack of social grace prevents it from going anywhere, and I don't think I've seen this personified more fully than in Cool Ethan. The movie's charms lie in its ridiculous caricatures of people in this state and the over-the-top fantasies that they conjure up. It wasn't a cathartic or emotional experience, but I laughed a good deal.

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
decent movie, 3 May 2004
Author: brad mason from usa

As a sexy comedy,this movie works.The plot seems a bit too contrived,but the acting is good.Devon Sawa is a former child star and DiCaprio type of teen heartthrob who is doing well with adult roles. He was great in NOW AND THEN(1995) as the boyfriend and in IDLE HANDS(1999) as the pothead. SLACKERS is a good grown-up role for him, although he will ultimately need better scripts if he is to break out and become a major star.

Scwartzman is fantastic. He reprises his role from RUSHMORE,but he plays it in a more seedy, hateful, sociopathic way.And King, what can one says? She is terrific.

I was not looking at this flick with too critical of an eye. It is not Shakespeare. But if you don't mind some raunchy humor, realistic language,and brief nudity, this film works on its own level as a college comedy.

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13 out of 20 people found the following comment useful :-
Very Entertaining "Rent this Movie", 28 January 2004

Author: roadie62 from Sydney Nova Scotia

I don't know why so many people disliked I found it really entertaining even though it's not the funnest movie in the world it still has a really great story and the acting by both James King and Devon Sawa is great please go out and rent this movie again you will end up liking this movie you will end up liking it.

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-
Funny College Movie, 22 October 2005

Author: General_G from United States

If you like teenage/college humor and dirty jokes, this is your movie. The whole movie is basically goofy college humor and most movies like that don't really have a well thought out movie. With this they had all of that without forgetting about what the movie 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 liked some of the actors and actresses who played minor characters in the movie too like Michael McDonald, Retta and Jim Rash. I'm surprised actor Michael C. Maronna isn't as big as he is because he was funny in this movie. He should get himself into more movies like this. See this movie if you haven't seen it. If you have, see it again.

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful :-
One of the funnier teen movies, 28 January 2003

Author: livingdeadgirl_13 from vancouver

Slackers is a very funny and enjoyable teen movie. Of course it's dumb, but who cares, you'll get a few laughs and feel like you did something worthwhile for two hours. Anyways, Slackers is about three friends that always cheat their way through tests and always get away with it until the psychopathic school geek ethan(Jason Schwartzman) finds out and starts blackmailing them. Unless one of the cheaters named Dave(Devon Sawa) can get the beautiful Angela(James King) to go out with Ethan, he will kick Dave and both of his friends out of the school. Jason Schwartzman was very funny and also Laura Prepon did a very funny performance. She played Angela's sex crazed roomate Reanna. Devon Sawa did also a pretty good job. If you want to see a movie that will make you laugh and just plain relax for two hours, watch slackers. I would give Slackers 6/10

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :-
"Slackers" slacks on story but not on laughs., 1 February 2002
Author: Andrew St. Clair from United States

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Every once and a while a movie comes out that the critics can't stand. In fact, it seems like every other week doesn't it?

Well, this week it's Slackers, the very disjointed, (but still funny), comedy Starring Devon Sawa, James King and Jason Schwartzman. Dave (Devon Sawa), Sam (Jason Segel) and Jeff (Michael C. Maronna) are the best cheaters on campus cheating their way though college with elaborate scams and cons that probably take more planning and energy than it would take to actually study hard. No, there will be no moral judgement here. It's just an observation. Besides, the scamming looks like it's more fun than cramming for finals. Luckily, it's fun for the audience as well.

Things are going alright for our 3 man crew until Dave makes the mistake of taking Ethan's (Jason Schwartzman) seat during an exam. Dave also screws things up by flirting with and giving a phone number to Angela (James King). The problem isn't that Dave gave his phone number. It's that he wrote it on a teachers copy of an exam... which Angela didn't take with her.

When Ethan finds this incriminating evidence he threatens to get the boys kicked out of school unless they hook him up with his dream girl, Angela. So, our "slackers" set out to do the impossible by finding out what makes Angela tick by visiting her dorm room and parents home, stealing her notebooks and copying e-mail files. This is all for not because the socially awkward Ethan doesn't have a chance. Especially since it's Dave that she likes and not "Cool Ethan".

As with all teen comedies there is conflict. Some newly found trust issues temporarily break up the threesome and when Angela finds out that Dave may have seduced her only because of Ethan's blackmail scheme she breaks up with him. Eventually our cheaters figure out that their friendship is more important than a diploma. With his friends help, Dave finds the courage to finally confront Angela and tell her the truth as well as how much he loves her and how he found his true self by loving her blah, blah, blah. Nothing really new here.

What is funny about "Slackers" are the frequent fantasy sequences and dick and fart Jokes. Some gags are very funny such as Ethan's fantasy making out with 2 girls at once and a sequence portraying the friendship of the "slackers". Of course some are not so funny such as Ethan groping a 70 year old Mamie Van Doren. Ugh!).

The real standouts of the flick are Jason Segel and Michael C. Maronna. You may remember Segel from his guest performances as Eric, Lizzie's on again off again boyfriend on TV's Undeclared and Maronna playing a "real" slacker in the Ameritrade commercials. These two upstage Sawa and Schwartzman easily. It also helps that they are included in the films funnier scenes. They also seem like they had the most fun on the set. Laura Prepon (That 70's Show) has a small role as Angela's very sexual roommate. She really doesn't have much to do except masturbate on a couch and complain that the test in a woman's magazine rates her "two points above skank" (Go Figure).

The major problem is that while many of the gags in the flick are funny on their own, many of them seem out of place and seem to be there only to break up the "run of the mill" love story. Also, upon closer inspection the blackmail plot is full of holes. Our heroes could have easily stolen all of the evidence back making Ethan's case very weak.

So, while you shouldn't expect the worst comedy of the year, (so far, that honor goes to Kung Pow: Enter the Fist), "Slackers" belongs in the "guilty pleasure" file. It's not bad enough that you'll hate it. But, it's not good enough to recommend it without feeling embarrassed that you paid "good money" to see it.

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An under-rated subversive take on the normal teen fare, 22 January 2003
Author: loserchic from London, England

I'm actually a huge fan of all teen films, but I think this one was vastly under-rated. Some comments give the impression that it is another gross-out teen romp with nothing new to offer. In actual fact although it may be ranked alongside films such as American Pie Road Trip etc, and though it shares common themes, it is actually a far superior film. As a result, people expect a film similar to the aforementioned, and are faced instead with one which has slightly more to offer. I found this very entertaining and surprising; quite subversive and original in actual fact, more likely to appeal to a greater intellect than that of a 13 year-old the jokes are more ironic and subtle in general, with a few obvious "gross-out" moments sprinkled in between. Though these as well are done with tongue firmly in cheek.

I would highly recommend this film, and prepare to be presently surprised by a film that most people fobbed off as another teen movie, but which is actually a lot more than that.

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
OK, yes, it is stupid, but ..., 27 January 2004
Author: Full_Name_Optional from Australia

When I began to watch this film I was thinking typical teen movie, not your average "American Pie" when it comes to the romance, but ... when it comes to the gross-out humour? You've got to say: is that really necessary? But I didn't take this film seriously, because as it progressed I figured that that isn't the way we were supposed to perceive it. It gives you quite a laughs, it makes you cover your eyes on several occassions (OK, I'm really just thinking of the hospital scene) but once it's over -- it's over. It doesn't really stick in your memory, but you do remember it and once someone brings up the subject of the film you can talk about (or bitch about it, depends on your feelings.) I do have one note: well worth seeing it for Jason Schwartzman alone. The hair doll, the songs which were written by the actor himself, and the fact that he substitutes the, er, F-word for effing and fudge, but still calls himself "Cool Ethan". You don't have to buy this film, you don't even have to love it, but this is teen comedy folks (perhaps not as its greatest). Thank you and good night. However, it is the afternoon...

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Classic waiting for a Cult Following, 6 April 2008

Author: Randy Singer from Seattle

I love this movie instantly. I recommend it to everyone I know who likes wacky college comedies. I consider it a true classic.

I wonder why the critics panned it universally. I got into an email exchange with the reviewer from Atlanta and she apologized.

It came out at the same time as Orange County which had Jack Black in a minor role. This was the stronger film but not enough people went to find that out.

Jason Schwartzman is the perfect villain. We get a young Jason Segel, Jaime King, Laura Prepon and the Ameritrade guy (Michael C. Maronna). It also contains some of the best cameos this side of "Play it to the Bone."

Please go and rent or buy it.

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