Idle Hands
“The touching story of a boy and his right hand.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 69, rated by 1 admin.
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A teenager's possessed hand turns his commitment to doing nothing into a lethal problem. The stoner comedy mixes bodily slapstick, undead friends and high-school attraction with a gleefully tasteless premise. Its comic timing is uneven, but the late-1990s personality gives it a clear cult audience.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6.5/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 5/10
- Dialogue
- 7.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“The teenager's work ethic is poor, but his hand has become dangerously productive.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 69
Synopsis and movie facts
Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.
- Released
- 1999
- Directed by
- Rodman Flender
- Running time
- 92 min
Starring
- Devon Sawa as Anton
- Seth Green as Mick
- Elden Henson as Pnub
- Jessica Alba as Molly
- Vivica A. Fox as Debi
- Jack Noseworthy as Randy
- Christopher Hart as The Hand
- Katie Wright as Tanya
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 6552.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review criticises Sawa's physical comedy and finds the possessed-hand contortions less funny than intended.
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