Slackers

When all else fails... cheat.

5.2
20021h 26m

Dave, Sam and Jeff 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, an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel.

Production

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Cast

Photo of Devon Sawa

Devon Sawa

Dave Goodman

Photo of Jaime King

Jaime King

Angela Patton

Photo of Jason Segel

Jason Segel

Sam Schechter

Photo of Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman

Ethan Dulles

Photo of Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz

Photo of Jim Rash

Jim Rash

Head T.A. Philip

Photo of Retta

Retta

Bruna

Photo of Gedde Watanabe

Gedde Watanabe

Japanese Proctor

Photo of Heidi Kramer

Heidi Kramer

Hot Twin #1

Photo of Gina Gershon

Gina Gershon

Girl at Trendy Club

Photo of Mamie Van Doren

Mamie Van Doren

Mrs. Van Graaf

Photo of Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

Charles Patton

Photo of Leigh Taylor-Young

Leigh Taylor-Young

Valerie Patton

Photo of Melanie Paxson

Melanie Paxson

Pissed Off Co-Ed

Photo of Joe Flaherty

Joe Flaherty

Mr. Leonard

Photo of Nat Faxon

Nat Faxon

Karl, the Grad Student

Photo of Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

Economics Professor

Photo of Charles Dougherty

Charles Dougherty

Astronomy Professor

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Reviews

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Gimly

5/10

_Slackers_ may very well be the best version of this exact idea (one that I've seen explored **multiple** times) but that's more a knock against the others than praise for _Slackers_.

_Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal._

K

Kamurai

6/10

Decent watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

I don't think this is a movie anyone is going to watch again and again, but I believe it's memorable enough to be somewhat infamous.

This is the movie with the hairdoll.

My big problem with this movie is that the protagonists are scumbag liars and cheaters, and while the antagonist is somewhat crazy, he's the villain because he catches them in the act of misdeeds. That he uses the information to his advantage is actually somewhat symbolic of heroic stories, but he's such a nutcase that it is twisted.

I'd love to see a reboot of this with Schwartzmen's character as the protagonist, but with some proper character development would be a great movie, this is, at best, a good movie.

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