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Summary: Idle Hands...Thumbs Up!
Review: IDLE HANDS is very graphic in its violence and blatant in its depiction of pot smoking and oversexed teens, but somehow manages to be an entertaining horror comedy. Anton's (Devon Sawa) hand is possessed by an evil entity, and with a mind of its own and beyond his control, goes on a killing spree. Devon's performance is outstanding as he fights to control his evil appendage in which he ends up killing two of his best friends Mick (Seth Green) and Pnub (Elden Henson), his Mother and Father, and uncontollably gropes his would be girlfriend Molly (Jessica Alba). His physical performance is reminicient of Steve Martin in ALL OF ME. His hand actually looks like it has a mind of its own. The movie doesn't take the horror too seriously. It takes the horror very matter of fact. The movie is mostly a comedy with a horror background. Good comedic performances all around from Devon Sawa, Seth Green, and from special guest appearance of Vivica A. Fox as the Druid Priestess who has been trained to track down and kill the evil entities. Finally, a weird and cooky performance from the beautiful Jessica Alba (tv's DARK ANGEL) as Molly, the clueless but loving girlfriend of Anton.
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Summary: "look at me im leathaface"
Review: dont care what anybody says about this movie, I liked it and enjoyed it. it mixes comedy and gross out death that is awesome. Devon Sawa(Final Destination, Little Giants) finds out that his parents( one of them played by Fred Willard) are dead and that a psycho killer is on the loose, which points to Sawa after he kills his two best friends Seth Green(Rat Race, Party Monster) and Elden Henson("O", She's All That). then they come back to life as zombies and help Sawa with his problem, so then Sawa kills some cops and then cuts off his hand (like in Evil Dead 2) and then his hand ecapes and starts killing people. Sawa trys to save Jessica Alba(Honey, Dark Angel) and Vivica A. Fox(Kill Bill Vol.1, Batman and Robin) is the woman who knows about the possession of his hand because it spreads. also in the cast is Jack Noseworthy(Event Horizon, Alive) who falls in love with Fox. good romp with some funny moments. the band The Offspring appears at the Halloween dance and the lead singer gets the top of his head ripped off
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Summary: Totally out of character for me
Review: For a straightedge, hardworking high school student, this is an odd movie to be considered my favorite. But I absolutely love it. I bring it to people's houses and parties all the time b/c it's a great movie that a whole bunch of people can watch and automatically like. Bringing a scary movie to a party is always bad b/c you get the people that are scared to death when someone so much as says, "Boo," and you get the people that always fold their arms, roll their eyes, and say, "That was supposed to be scary? This movie's so dumb." Comedies aren't always a hit at parties either, b/c you get people who don't understand the jokes and people who think it cramps their style to laugh at something that really is funny. Idle Hands is gory, violent, and hilarious. It's creepy w/o trying to scare the daylights out of you and falling short. It's so incredibly "out there" and weird that you can't help but laugh. Basically it's one of those movies that you can't take seriously, or you won't enjoy it. If you're one of those people that analyzes the acting and plot and all that, don't watch this. This is a movie that you watch just for laughs.
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Summary: 2.5...It's been done before...an extra 1/2 for the DVD
Review: First of all I will say that if you read this review and have not seen the movie, you may want to skip it all the way to the last sentence or two. Well, anyway, I enjoyed this film, yet I feel I've been down this road before. The only real difference is that the characters are all a bunch of stoners, for the most part. It involves one particular stoner who wakes up one morning and finds his parents are not around, though he seems too stoned to care. Though there is a serial killer on the loose, all he cares about is scoring some more weed...which, to most stoners, is pretty right on the target. He comes to find out later that HE is actually the killer! Big surprise! I won't say anymore about the plot though. If you've seen Evil Dead or Re-Animator, you're really in for nothing new to the genre. The gore scenes are pretty interesting, but nothing to really single it out as a gore classic either. Mediocre at best, Idle Hands only really stands out in the defiant attitude of the time it was released just nearly a week after the Columbine Massacre. The DVD has got some interesting features, including a good deleted scene, but it's a little murky.
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Summary: THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP
Review: IDLE HANDS has more misses than hits, but one can't help but find the overall movie amusing. Devon Sawa does a very good job with his possessed hand, some have already mentioned it's likeness to Steve Martin in ALL OF ME. Bringing back his friends (Seth Green, Elden Henson) as zombies is a direct ripoff from both American Werewolf movies, and even though derivative as such, are buoyant and fun. Viveca Fox as the hand hunter is hilarious, as is Jack Noseworthy as the pseudo-studly Randy. There is lots of gore, pot smoking, even nutmeg/oregano smoking, but in this day and age, what teen movie wouldn't have it. The overuse of soundtrack songs is as always distracting, but again, when one targets a teen audience, this is what one gets. However, the musical score itself by Graeme Revell is very good. This is one of those movies you watch when you need a good laugh, and even though it's not as funny as you want it to be, it still delivers.
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Summary: "I'M LEATHERFACE!!!"
Review: this movie is totally underrated. it deserves a little more credit for having some decent acting on the part of devon sawa (not so much for his actual acting, but his representation of the posessed hand was pretty well done, almost as good as steve martin in all of me). this movie is light, funny and worth watching, or if you can find a cheap enough copy, buying.
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Summary: Hand Over Fist
Review: On the surface, sight unseen Idle Hands, seemed like it would be nothing more than schlock. When I saw the preview, my initial impression was confirmed...or so I thought. After seeing the finished product, as a rental, this horror/comedy is more entertaining than I imagined.Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa) is a channel-surfing, junk-food munching, couch potato burnt-out slacker, who can't seem to control the homicidal tendencies of his recently possessed by the devil hand. With the help of his zombiefied pals, Mick (Seth Green) and Pnub (Elden Henson), Anton's got to stop the out of control appendage before it takes total hold of his life and ruins any chance he has with Molly (Jessica Alba), the girl of his dreams. As long as you can leave your brain at the door... Director Rodman Flender has put together a solid little movie, filled with a nice mix of hip humor, scary stuff and body parts. I was amazed at how that usual pretty boy Sawa was up to the physicality of the role. He does some very good stuntwork throughout the film. Seth Green, as usual, is the go to guy for sarcatic wit and wisdom The lovely Vivica A. Fox steps up in a fun supporting role, as someone who might hold the key to solving Anton's personal crisis. The DVD has a few nice extras, but still could have used an audio commentary, to put things over the top. There are a couple of nice deleted scenes, that wouldn't have added all that much to the film, but are worth a look. You also get to watch a "by the numbers" making of featurette with cast and crew. The best of the bonus material for me is the storyboard-to-film splitscreen comparison. This is well put together and interesting to watch. Production notes and the fairly standard theatrical trailer tops off the disc. You can also decide whether to watch the film in either the full-screen or widescreen formats. While Idle Hands isn't exactly a home run, it isn't a total strike out either. If you can go with it, there's plenty of fun to be had. Three and a half stars
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Summary: Prejudice keeps us down
Review: As someone who lost an arm in a grizzly bear accident (I like to hike with honey in my pockets), I find this movie and title highly insulting! It should be called "Idle Hand or Hands, if You Have Any." The babes are pretty darn hot though!
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Summary: wow
Review: tried to watch , I couldnt make it all the way through. plot was bad. his has were posessed? eww gross. only good thing about this movie is j. alba
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Summary: Dumb, dumb movie
Review: "Idle Hands" is the movie that takes the proud step of providing plenty of anerisms for the audience. This movie rips off so many other horror movies ("An American Werewolf in London," for one) that its impossible to watch with out rolling your eyes at least once. The death scenes are so predictable its almost a pain to watch them come, and when you do watch them they're so horribly choreographed you almost wish a hand would come out of no where and kill you too. When I die, and the stairway to Heaven seems like a long way, I will gladly go that extra mile if it meant getting away from this thing.
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