Slackers

Plot synopsis:
Dave Goodman (Devon Sawa), Sam Schecter (Jason Segel), and Jeff Davis (Michael Maronna) are best friends who have spent almost four years at Holden University scamming their way through college. During one exam scam in their final semester Dave discovers Angela (Jaime King, credited as James King), and asks her out while writing his phone number on her exam sheet. Ethan Dulles (who calls himself "Cool Ethan") (Jason Schwartzman), a classmate obsessed with Angela to the extent of collecting loose hairs and making a hair doll and having surveillance photos and a shrine to Angela setup in his dorm room, takes her exam question sheet after Angela leaves and uses it to repeatedly confront and then blackmail the guys into setting up a successful date with Angela for him in exchange for his silence on the matter. The guys set Ethan up in multiple situations in an attempt to convince Angela to like him, while Dave tells Sam during their work researching her that Angela is no more important to him as any other scam they've done. Ethan fails to attract her after frequent confrontations based on his delusional behavior, immaturity and ignorance of social norms. Though Ethan seems a lonely harmless nerd, He is at heart scheming, psychotically obsessive and hopelessly socially incompetent.
While trying to convince Angela to go out with Ethan, Dave and Angela grow a mutual attraction to each other. After telling Ethan that he has failed to convince Angela to go out with him, Ethan reveals to Dave that he has been obsessing over Angela for quite some time. He reminds Dave that he still intends to get Dave and his friends expelled if they fail him. Angela and Dave go on an impromptu date after a study session. Ethan finds out and follows and records them. Dave and Angela share a romantic swim and lovemaking session. which causes Ethan to storm around the campus in an obscene and childish tantrum (Thus showing that while Ethan is lonely, he is in no way ready for a relationship). In revenge, He shows the tape of Dave and Angela making love to Sam and Jeff to establish that Dave intends to keep Angela for himself. Sam and Jeff, unhappy with Dave's dishonesty, hand over their research on Angela. Ethan uses that file to prove to Angela that Dave and his friends were actively stalking her. This causes Dave punch Ethan in the face. But as far as Ethan is concerned he has won and Angela is his.
After a falling out with everyone, Dave returns to the dorm and admits to Sam and Jeff that he honestly cares for Angela. After making amends the guys sabotage Ethan's job interview with a law firm and during the final exam, while Dave is telling the truth to Angela in front of the whole class about his entire dishonest college career of cheating, Jeff plants an answer key in Ethan's backpack while tipping off the Teaching Assistant proctoring the exam. In the end the guys get expelled, but Dave and Angela get back together and Sam ends up in a relationship with Angela's roommate, Reanna Cass (Laura Prepon) while Jeff falsifies their diplomas from Holden University after Angela and Reanna graduate. Ethan, now miserable that he lost Angela forever and having also been expelled from college after it was revealed he was stalking her, continues to work at the restaurant. The movie ends with him singing his love of Angela and his hatred for Dave.

Tags: pornographic, romantic, prank

Review:
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.
If you like teenage/college humor and dirty jokes, this is your movie.
Slackers is a very funny and enjoyable teen movie.
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.
If you want to see a movie that will make you laugh and just plain relax for two hours, watch slackers.
Devon Sawa ("Final Destination") and James King ("Pearl Harbor") make a cute couple being torn apart by the purposely annoying and obsessed Jason Schwartzman ("Rushmore").
The characters are fairly amusing, but it's pretty hard to pull of a comedy that's funny during its entire length, especially when there's not a lot of new ideas to offer.
Slackers is just another teen movie that's not really worth watching.
The comedy in Slackers is either hit or miss but there's no real true funny or original moment in the movie.
Jason Schwartzman plays the freaky Ethan and after appearing in some good comedies he has stoop pretty low.
When compared to other films in the genre there's a lot better out there such as Not Another Teen Movie, American Pie and its sequels , Scary Movie 1 & 2 etc.
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..
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.
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..
The Slackers as titled in this movie are three college friends Dave, Jeff and Sam(Devon Sawa, Michael Maronna and Jason Segel respectively), who are about to graduate from university without sitting through an honest exam but making it end successfully.
The only problem is when the trio starts to work on it, Dave falls in love with the gorgeous and good hearted Angela(James King) Unfortunately, not a brilliant genre movie.
"Not Another Teen Movie" may not have been a great flick, but at least it had the courage to try and spoof all the other films from its genre - "Slackers" doesn't; it just becomes another teen flick.Here's what we've got: The Three Cool Guys (one of which is an Ugly Cool Guy who should be a Dork) on Campus get blackmailed by The Geek, who wants The Hot Girl, who is interested in The Head Cool Guy, who tries to get The Geek hooked up with her, but ends up falling in love with The Hot Girl.
There always has to be a small band of cool guys breezing past school, there always has to be a geek, there always has to be a pretty girl, and there always has to be the girl everyone thought they wanted but found out they didn't after all."Slackers" is about The Three Cool Guys (including "Night of the Twisters's" Devon Sawa) who are happily cheating their way through college, until The Geek ("Rushmore's" Jason Schwartzman) sees them cheating and blackmails them.
He wants to get hooked up with The Hot Girl in school, but as I said before, The Hot Girl is interested in The Head Cool Guy, and so when The Geek finds out what's going down he gets mad.This film is so basic it hurts, but even when you think it can't get more basic...it does.
The director, Dewey Nicks, has got to be one of the most untalented slackers (har-har) to ever film a movie.
Eh, I never really liked him anyway.I do, however, like Jason Schwartzman, who showed some real talent in "Rushmore," which was a bit of a teen movie but had more originality, flare and humor than this film.
If you enjoy films like American Pie, Road Trip & Van Wilder; avoid this cinematic refuse at all costs.
Ineptly edited and shot, with incredibly annoying performances from Devon Sawa and Jason Schwartzman, the film ended, without the benefit of having made me giggle once.
The characters are easy to enjoy, as the antics of Dave (Devon Sawa), Sam (Jason Segel), and Jeff (Michael Maronna) make them out to be some sort of wild "A-Team", with a variety of special skills.
Ethan's (Jason Schwartzman) obsession over Angela (James King) is more dark than it is comical, and is a fairly good example of a not so rare obsession which is found in young men in everyday life.
What I found to be most unique about the movie were the day-dream/imagination sequences, in which there is a good look into the minds of the characters.
Sure, the whole college-comedy-genre i full of crappy movies, but this one "hits a new low" =) The story is really thin and doesn't come up with anything new(as if anyone expected it to...).
In this "comedy", Jason Schwartzman (who was so excellent in "Rushmore") plays a college geek/stalker who blackmails Devon Sawa into helping him win the hottest babe on campus (model James King).
Predictable stuff as Sawa falls for the girl as well, mildly entertaining at times but full of bad writing and poorly developed characters that seems to have almost  a pro-cheating message...
"Slackers" makes "Not Another Teen Movie" look like a classic.
Yet another venture into the realm of the teen-gross-out-comedy, set on a college campus featuring a nerd's quest to coolness, and how he decides to blackmail a trio of popular jocks into making him get the girl.
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 ...
I have two theories on how the movie SLACKERS got made: 1.) a few years ago, a group of screenwriters made a bet and put in a pool of money to see on who can write a screenplay for the most disgusting and sick film.
There are geeks in the film, take for instance Jason Schwartzman character of Ethan.
When there is a comedy that I like, I'll think of the funny scene in the movie and remember that there are more funny scenes coming up.
This film started off as your average American, MTV-generation, teen-college comedy.
Although I had some hopes for this film, particularly since I enjoy the acting of Jason Segel (Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared) so much, I must say it was one of the worst films I've seen in recent memory (Loser and Dr T and the Women are also on that list).Yes, there were a couple of laugh out loud moments, although the movie could have been so much better.
I wasn't a fan of "Rushmore"--in fact, I pretty much dread the film--but I still saw a great star-making quality in Schwartzman.
I would put this movie alongside "Drive Me Crazy" with Melissa Joan Hart.The real slackers are all the people involved in making this "comedy"!
SLACKERS is not much different than all of the billions of teen films which have come before it (SHE'S ALL THAT, BOYS AND GIRLS, CAN'T HARDLY WAIT and the spoofing parody NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE).
Anyway, the people who made SLACKERS probably felt that they were just making another forgettable teen flick, but towards the middle of filming, it seems like they forgot that.The film turns all 'romantic' and then turns stupid....The cast was not filled with any really big names.
It starts out with simple 'teen movie' humor and throughout the course of the film, it doesn't really change a whole lot.
I did enjoy this movie, but if I'm not working I'll pretty much enjoy anything.Dang, I thought it was very entertaining while I was watching it, but there you go.One last thing, Jason Schwartzman playing Ethan should definately go on to greater things, as should Devon Sawa.
A group of slackers led by Dave (Devon Sawa) have cheated and lied their way through high school and college.
On his final day of exams in college Dave is caught by stalker Ethan (Jason Schwartzman) who forces Dave to help him sit him up with the girl of his dreams (James King).
Dave and his friends are willing to do this, but when Dave and Angela fall head over heels in love, Ethan goes mad, and in crazy and wild mishaps Ethan's antics go extreme.That is basically the story line,and this movie was pretty funny.
Crass, vulgar, immature and inept on all counts for this completely tasteless and unfunny collegiate comedy that defies comprehension as to how the hell this got greenlit: Loser Schwartzman (who better get a new agent pronto ; this is your follow up to "Rushmore"??!!) stalks hottie King and coerces trio of Sawa, Segel and Maronna into getting her to fall for him.
My kids liked the Jason Swartzman characters because he had a lot of physical humor and stole several scenes in general.Anyway, if you can't handle goofy movies, avoid it.
I've Watched Slackers Plenty of times and NEVER Bore of the Slackers Humour, Without Films like "Animal House" Slackers wouldn't of been Born into the Film world of Comedy, Other Films of the Present Day like American Pie and Van Wilder show Praise and Respect and Humour to the College and University World and Tell us NOT to take life too Seriously, If you take life Seriously it will eat you up!
The worlds not meant to be taken Seriously, Just look at Films like "Scary Movie" "Airplane" "Police Academy" "Borat" "Team America:World Police" These Films Teach US the Meaning of the Words "Comedy" and "Humour" and "Funny" and Remind US of the Laughs and Funny Moments of Films, Without the Early Comedy Classics, Slackers wouldn't have its place in the world where the Sub-Genre of College Humoured Comedies Lives now.
Finally, I'd like to commend this movie for how insane it really is once you get passed the boring plot.Unfortunately I can't bring myself to like Devon Sawa, whose great guy that gets the girl is utterly pathetic and too counter crazy to help this movie.
The final problem I have is that although I like Jason Schwartzman, its hard to find his psychotic character all that funny.Final verdict is a 6 of 10.
Maybe you shouldn't buy it on the off chance that the cookie-cut, run-of-the-mill love story doesn't tickle your fancy, but it's an otherwise funny and interesting movie and worth the time..
This is the first movie of this director and i think is a very good comedy, is not the usual flick of college boys and girls...Good movie, not a classic but a good option to laugh a while....
oh, and the pool scene between king and sawa was probably the most sensual scene i have ever watched, i loved how it was filmed and was in very good taste(unlike much of the rest of the movie!) overall i'll give this movie a 6.5/10.
"Cheaters" would have been a more accurate title (though it's already been taken by a similar movie that came out a few years ago) since the characters are anything but "Slackers".
The only memorable performance (funny in a disturbing way) comes from Jason Schwartzman who plays "Cool" Ethan, a psycho blackmailer obsessed with the very pretty James King (yes, James is a girl).
Devon Sawa and James King are charming as the leads, Jason Schwartzman plays a more disturbed and much less likable (although very funny) variation on his old Max Fischer character, and Michael Maronna basically steals the show with his totally demented yet amiable character.
And I really didn't understand the point of having two younger men/older women sex scenes in a row...Slackers is by no means a great film, but the cast puts their best foot forward and there are a few witty moments.
if you're some boring 40 year old living in michigan, its not the movie for you, but if you're under 30 and have a sense of humor, a witty one, and like original movies (unlike American pie etc), rent slackers immediately..
You have the old high school and college movies like 'Risky Business' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' which are funny and pretty innocent.
You have the new high school and college movies like 'American pie' and 'Road Trip' which are pretty funny and not so innocent anymore.
One of the guys Dave (Devon Sawa) makes a mistake by giving his phone number to a girl Angela (James King).
Another guy Ethan (Jason Schwartzman) who is desperately in love with the girl know the truth and blackmails Dave and his friends.
The film is amusing and Devon Sawa plays himself, yet again, in this teen comedy fare that takes place in College.
Funny and something I can see actually happening....singing penis, not so much.I did laugh, mainly because Schwartzman stole the film.
But really this is worth it for those that like a dumb yet funny movie.9/10.
I watched it, and ended up liking a lot because it's a movie where the main characters and villains (if you can call them that way) are unlikely.
Hey, it worked as mindless entertainment at least.Oh, special mention for Jaime King who looks hotter as hell.Watch this movie if you're into the kind of humor that goes on high school..
Jason Schwartzman steals the show as the stalker/nerd "Cool Ethan" in this, dare I say..hilarious movie.
It does what Van Wilder and American Pie did without all that "production value."  The humor is pretty low-brow(kinda like Schwartzman's), but if you're in to that then this movie is for you..
If you like a good comedy, and you're a bloke you'll love Slackers..
All okay -- those things can be overcome by making a movie funny, or at least mildly enjoyable.Nope on all fronts.Glorifying kids who are essentially "slackers," who have brains, but put more effort in avoiding using them in the conventional way than they probably would if they just went to class and studied -- stock American characters.
Cool Ethan may be the greatest movie character of all time.
Slackers (2001) Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Michael Maronna, Jason Schwartzman, James King, Laura Prepon, D: Dewey Nicks.
he is so hilarious and all you people who think otherwise just don't know a good movie when they see it..
Jason Schwartzman is great in the role of Ethan - the wackiest character I have seen in years!
Like anyone who's seen "Rushmore," I know that Schwartzman can do better than this movie.
I may come off sounding like a Schwartzman fangrl, but how can you not laugh when you hear him say, "Fudge!" or sing Ethan's Song at the end of the movie?
but Slackers isn't a film i'd call crap in that respect, on the surface it's just a fun teen movie, but i just loathe it, because of the way it cuts me deep inside.It is funny, there are funny moments, it is fairly well made.
i had extremely low expectations for this movie, but wanted to see it for jason schwartzman.
I have found quite a bit of articles comparing this film to the infamous American Pie movie, but to me, it seemed more like a less-nudity, less-bodily gas humor version of Animal House.
I could go on for some time, but I have to discuss the ultimate pitfalls of this film.Slackers was funny, but it wasn't great.
While I did think that it wrapped up decently well (for a comedy college film), there were increasingly more random moments (one featuring Cameron Diaz) and less actual character development.
Slackers has characters that would be indescribably lucky to serve Jake and Elwood or Wayne and Garth dinner.The plot: Dave (Devon Sawa) has cheated his way through grade school, high school, and now college, with his buds Jeff (Michael Maronna) and Sam (Jason Segel).
Moreover, they get caught cheating by Ethan (Jason Schwartzman), a weird student obsessed with Angela (Jaime King), a beautiful girl who attends the same college.
Think about a film like American Pie - one of the many ribald comedies this one so desperately wants to be - and think about what made it funny and enjoyable.
This movie was trying to fit itself into the 'gross-out' comedies of recent years such as American Pie and Road Trip, but it just failed miserably.
Just when you begin to think that the teen movie genre can't get any worse, along comes a film like `Slackers' to remind us that barrel-bottom scraping has long stood as one of Hollywood's most lucrative and time-honored traditions.`Slackers' features a trio of amoral buddies who spend most of their time devising elaborate schemes to help each other cheat their way through college.
Even the scene where the girl is using a vibrator, even that's not fun to watch in this movie.
Well, this week it's Slackers, the very disjointed, (but still funny), comedy Starring Devon Sawa, James King and Jason Schwartzman.
Especially since it's Dave that she likes and not "Cool Ethan".As with all teen comedies there is conflict.
If you want to see a teen gross out comedy that's actually good, then I suggest "American Pie" and "Animal House", or "Road Trip", just something that's entertaining, and not dreadfully bad like "Slackers".
For many this movie was in the beginning of their careers and we can see now how far they went from it.Jason Schwartzman was absolutely perfect as Cool Ethan.