Movie Cosmos - Slackers

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Devon Sawa

As Dave Goodman

Jaime King

As Angela Patton

Jason Segel

As Sam Schechter

Jason Schwartzman

As Ethan Dulles

Laura Prepon

As Reanna

Michael C. Maronna

As Jeff Davis

Cameron Diaz

As Cameron Diaz

Jim Rash

As Head T.A. Philip

Retta

As Bruna

Gedde Watanabe

As Japanese Proctor

Heidi Kramer

As Hot Twin #1

Gina Gershon

As Girl at Trendy Club

Mamie Van Doren

As Mrs. Van Graaf

Sam Anderson

As Charles Patton

Leigh Taylor-Young

As Valerie Patton

Melanie Paxson

As Pissed Off Co-Ed

Joe Flaherty

As Mr. Leonard

Nat Faxon

As Karl, the Grad Student

Michael McDonald

As Economics Professor

Charles Dougherty

As Astronomy Professor

Jonathan Kasdan

As Barry

Alissa Kramer

As Hot Twin #2

Shelley Dowdy

As Shelley

Todd Giebenhain

As Stoned Test Taker

Don Michaelson

As Professor Markoe

Marilyn Staley

As Singing Waitress

Jason Garner

As Singing Waiter

Travis Davis

As Airborne Express Driver

Top Crew >

Dewey Nicks

Director

Reviews:

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.

2018-10-06

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.

2021-03-10