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Mar 30, 2016 · Lazy, unmotivated, and totally clueless, movie slackers have been a huge part of cinema for decades. Always funny and sometimes inspiring, these motivationally challenged individuals make the easy life so appealing, you’ll want to skip work and keep watching more of their movies.
- Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski (The Big Lebowski) The previous nine entries on this list are all very fine slackers, but have any of them started a slacker religion?
- Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure etc.) Is it harsh to include Bill and Ted? Yes, they are about as useless as a chocolate toaster, have the motivation of a heavily sedated sloth and boast the intelligence of a breezeblock, but they do save the world with their righteous riffs.
- Wooderson (Dazed & Confused) There’s a reason every slacker is nostalgic for their school years. No other time in your life is more perfectly suited to goofing off and getting high.
- Dale and Saul (Pineapple Express) Seth Rogen has always excelled at schlubby slackers, but Dale is his masterpiece, a vortex of ambition who bumbles his way into a plot straight out of a Lethal Weapon film.
Slacker. 1990 1h 37m R. 7.0 (24K) Rate. 69 Metascore. A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs. Director Richard Linklater Stars Richard Linklater Rudy Basquez Jean Caffeine. 3.
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- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) cruises through life without pursuing his only passion, being a musician, which proves elusive as he only plays when he wants and has no clear goal in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston. Daniel Johnston was the definition of a tortured genius, and The Devil and Daniel Johnston showed every aspect of his descent into mental health issues and agoraphobia despite an incredible songwriting talent.
- Good Will Hunting. The boy genius from Southie, Will Hunting (Matt Damon) would rather spend his days working demolition jobs and getting in street fights with childhood foes than explore the brilliant mind he was born with in Good Will Hunting.
- Spies Like Us. Chevy Chase gave a cracking performance in Spies Like Us as Emmett Fitz-Hume, a wannabe spy who works as a CIA analyst thanks to a legacy, but spends more time slacking off than studying for his clearance tests.
- The Dude (The Big Lebowski) No one knows what he does, except for drinking White Russians, hanging out, and bowling. No one understands his aesthetic, save for fellow rug connoisseurs.
- Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) The first question, right up front…is Ferris Bueller really a “slacker?” He’s capable of countermanding an entire Illinois school system, managed to get his hypochondriacal pal out of his sick bed and into his daddy’s forbidden sports car, is hooked up to the resident goddess, and makes Chicago his oyster all while playing hooky from both his principal and his parents.
- Floyd (True Romance) It’s a minimal role. Blink and you’ll probably miss him. Yes, that is indeed honored himbo Brad Pitt as the ultimate pot head, playing foil to a bunch of angry hitmen in Tony Scott’s take on Quentin Tarantino’s True Romance.
- Jeff Spicoli (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) Surfer stoner meets classroom cut-up in Cameron Crowe’s homage to growing up confused in late ‘70s SoCal.
Aug 16, 2019 · Slacker was the film that others pointed towards, serving as a rallying cry and encouraging Kevin Smith to will his own hangout flick into existence. A year later, Slacker hit home video. Maybe ...
Sep 21, 2015 · Rest assured, you are not alone. In fact, there are a wealth of films which showcase the slacker lifestyle in all its magnificence. To celebrate the wonders of eating ice cream out of the tub while slowly being engulfed by a sofa, here’s a list of the 10 best slacker films ever made, and if you disagree… well, that’s just, like, your ...
