Idle Hands

1999 "The touching story of a boy and his right hand."
6.3| 1h32m| R| en
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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.

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Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.
Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
lorcan-61881 Devon Sawa from the much known horror film final destination stars in this movie as a young boy who's at home when his parents weirdly disappear and there is a murderous serial killer loose around,suddenly,this boy finds out his hand is possessed and soon goes on a night of mayhem with his dead friends(Seth Green)and the love of his life(Jessica Alba). OK it is really silly but I honestly loved this film,it was such a funny stoner movie,Devon Sawa gave a hilarious performance as well as Seth Rogen. This is hard enough to find on DVD,I don't actually think I saw it on DVD threw my whole life..huh. Idle hands is a funny stoner horror comedy starring Devon Sawa,Seth Rogen and Jessica Alba and I forget his name but that guy from American wedding and date movie.
Raul Faust People use to classify this movie as a comedy/horror picture, but in my point of view, it's none. For instance, filmmakers try all they can to deliver some fun scenes, but they turn out to be just normal and never really funny! Horror scenes surely don't scare, considering the movie's main subject-- a killing hand with a mind of its own. Sometimes it's pleasant to see Devon Sawa straining to make his job, but script is too poorly written to deliver any good material. The one-- and ONLY-- thing to "praise" about the movie is the originality of the plot, since nothing besides that ever satisfies! If you're looking for funny horror movies, maybe 2000's "Cherry Falls" is a better choice, albeit not perfect film as well. Just pass "Idle Hands". I couldn't even make it to the end.
deatman9 I enjoyed this movie quite a bit im a big fan of horror and comedy and when they do it together just right it turns out pretty well. This is a bloody well written horror but I just don't see how they spent 20 million dollars on this. Its strange when you see some horror movies with about 5 million dollar budget and they look the same as this one a shame to see this be such a box office fail This movie is about a very lazy guy named Anton who pretty much just sits home all day watches TV sleeps and smokes weed. Then all of the sudden his hand becomes possessed by the devil as it kills people he tries to control it.This movie is nothing too special but it is definitely worth a watch for most people considered
TransAtlantyk Every year around Halloween I put on a long horror movie marathon for me and my friends. We play many of the classics but I like to throw in some modern or more obscure titles that we haven't seen to keep it interesting and prevent us from spending yet another two hours quoting every line of dialogue in Carpenter's Halloween. I use Idle Hands to break up the marathon with a bit of humor and levity when the serious and somber horror films start to take their psychological toll and depress everyone. It brings everyone back into the mood of the marathon and refreshes us with some laughter. It is to my marathon what the porter is to Macbeth you might say.In this context, the film is great. I don't know if I would rate it very highly on its own however. It is worth watching and if you like campy gore mixed some black humor you will have a good time watching it. Try pairing it with a viewing of The Evil Dead 2 or something similar.