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Slackers (2002) -- When the school geek discovers three fellow college students scamming the system, he blackmails them to win over the school's most popular girl.
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4.8/10   7,350 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
David H. Steinberg (written by)
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Release Date:
1 February 2002 (USA) more
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Higher Education Just Hit A New Low more
Plot:
When the school geek discovers three fellow college students scamming the system, he blackmails them to win over the school's most popular girl. full summary | add synopsis
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An under-rated subversive take on the normal teen fare more (102 total)

Cast

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Devon Sawa ... Dave Goodman

Jason Segel ... Sam Schechter
Michael C. Maronna ... Jeff Davis (as Michael Maronna)

Jason Schwartzman ... Ethan Dulles

Jaime King ... Angela Patton (as James King)

Laura Prepon ... Reanna

Travis Davis ... Airborne Express Driver

Jim Rash ... Head T.A. Philip
Nat Faxon ... Karl, the Grad Student
Don Michaelson ... Professor Markoe
Retta ... Bruna, the Office Manager
Marilyn Staley ... Singing Waitress
Jason Garner ... Singing Waiter
Gedde Watanabe ... Japanese Proctor
Heidi Krämer ... Hot Twin #1
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hooking Up Ethan (USA) (working title)
Les complices (Canada: French title)
Scam (USA) (working title)
The Best and Brightest (USA) (working title)
The Hook-Up (USA) (working title)
The Undergrads (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for strong language and sexual content, and for brief drug use.
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86 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Originally in the singing penis scene, Mike Maronna's own naked penis was used with a CGI mouth added in. After being screened for the MPAA however, the filmmakers were told to put a sock on it (literally). more
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Factual errors: When Jack is copying files off Angela's computer, he inserts an Iomega Zip disk, but the screen says "Drive: A". Drives A and B, when present, are always floppy drives (either 3.5" or 5.25"), never Zip drives. more
Quotes:
Dave: I brought you coffee.
Ethan: I don't touch that stuff.
Dave: Can I come in?
Ethan: No. No one comes into Ethan's room. Ethan's rules.
Dave: What's that smell?
Ethan: Maybe it's the smell of your ass getting kicked out of school.
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References "Dark Angel" (2000) more
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No Hay Problema more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
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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