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List Price: $9.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 13518
Released: August 31, 1999 |
| Our Price: $5.14 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
17-year-old slacker Anton Tobias wakes up one Halloween morning to discover that his parents have been turned into headless Halloween decorations and his right hand has a blood-thirsty mind of its own.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 31-AUG-2004
Media Type: DVD
Description of Idle Hands:
Despite all the pot-smoking in Idle Hands, the message here seems to be that too many bong hits will take you on a one-way trip to the devil's playground. That's what happens to Anton (Devon Sawa), a wasted teen who's so perpetually zonked on weed that he doesn't notice his parents have been slaughtered by an evil force that then possesses Anton's right hand, taking on a wildly homicidal life of its own after Anton chops it off with a butcher knife. The first victims are Anton's pals Mick (teen-movie stalwart Seth Green), who gets a beer bottle embedded in his skull, and Pnub (Elden Henson), whose head is lopped off by a rotary saw blade, and later reattached with a barbecue fork and duct tape. (Did we mention that Mick and Pnub turn into undead jokesters? It's that kind of movie.) This unoriginal idea is little more than an excuse for gross-out effects and easy one-liners, and then Vivica A. Fox appears as the demon-buster who knows how to kill the hand once and for all. It's fun to a point, and certain to be a popular Halloween hit with its intended teenage audience, but you can't help wishing this movie had tried harder to be something more than a collection of crude and gory gags. --Jeff Shannon
Idle Hands Reviews:
Funny Movie, Underrated In My Opinion 
2009-11-19 - Being a huge film fan all my life, I've always aimed to increase my collection at every turn. Mixing my two favorite genres: comedy and horror, into a nice blend, "Idle Hands" is a film I greatly enjoyed. I was not expecting much from this film, being the only reason I purchased it was to add to my collection of Jessica Alba films, but I was greatly surprised with the results. The film is a perfect blend of horror related comedy, kind of amongst the lines of other horror-comedy films such as "Shaun of the Dead", "Young Frankenstein", and more recently "Zombieland". Being a blend of these two genres means that one cannot take the film seriously, so do not expect award winning writing or acting, it's meant more as a parody. Many of the parts of the film also reminded me of the old "Evil Dead" series, especially the part where the lead actor is involved in a struggle with his own hand, reminiscent of Ash fighting himself as well. As long as you know what to expect from this movie you will gladly enjoy a few good laughs and find yourself indulging in a highly underrated film.
Loved it
2009-11-01 - I stumbled on to this on tv, while i was flipping through channels on halloween night.
Firt off it caught my attention, which is good. few movies do that.
All i can say is, i loved it. it took any part that could be disgusting or scary and added some humor to it. and very well too.
Also if your annoyed by the halloween, friday the 13th movies, etc., like i am, you'll enjoy this. it's something a little different and really fun to watch.
A great movie to add to one's collection.
funny! 
2009-08-16 - This is a very campy B movie but filled with lots of laughs. Don't expect an Oscar quality movie but it was really entertaining! My teenagers just loved it!
Something Of A Cult Classic
2009-07-02 - When this movie hit theaters it happened to coincide with the Columbine high school tragedy back in '99. Some critics have already pointed this out and blamed the public's poor reaction to this film on the events of April 20th, 1999. Others disagree, saying the film lacked a target audience ang genuine humor.
Maybe its just me but I love this film. I watch it at least once a year guaranteed. Not that this review matters or anything (not like its going to make popular a film that has been widely ignored upon release and long since forgotten since then) but I just wanted to throw in my two cents. Great film, very funny.
STONER AND HORROR GENRES MIX.... PERFECTLY!
2009-06-29 - It's not too often that you get a fine mix of stoner comedy, and good horror/suspense rolled up together into the same movie. And to have them mix as well as the ingredients to a fried peanut butter, jelly and fluff sandwich with bananas. Mmmmmm, thats something worthy of note. Just make sure that the knife you use to make that sandwich with isn't covered in your parents blood.
Idle Hands is a gory thriller, about a demonic hand, that attaches itself to various hosts, and at some point figures out how to run amok by itself. I didn't think too much of this movie going in, but by the end I really enjoyed it. I remember this getting slammed with bad critical reviews back when it came out. Easy to see why. Really, the only ones who can appreciate this are stoned teenagers... or the few who can accept what a stoned teen movie should be all about. Things that will make a stoner movie stand out... Like a hot topless chick in KISS makeup, Mr. Magoo cartoons, and the pet cat getting chucked out a window windmill style by its tail. Add 'em up. Then factor in Jessica Alba, who I've gone all these years considering to be a little bit over rated by teen jock types. She is truly amazing in this film. I'd say her best role ever. She doesn't get topless like the KISS chick, but bedazzles the eyes throughout just the same... especially in that Halloween costume!
Some geniune fright filled scenes here, surely this movie holds up in the teen scream category (much better for instance then any of those "Scream" movies... ) as well as good stoner camp material, and a bunch of amusing action too. I recommend this one, I really liked it!
