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Idle Hands

The touching story of a boy and his right hand.

1999 · 1h 32m · R Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Directed by Rodman Flender , Christian P. Della Penna

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Overview

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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Maybe 90 seconds of viable and sustained humor at the end.

Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
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Its mixture of slapstick humour and gore -- produced by the flying fingers -- gives new meaning to the phrase digital effects.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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Even pretensions toward the humorous and hip cannot save this blood-drenched film from its innate tastelessness!

Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
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Dumb, blood-soaked, undeniably kinetic teen Guignol bash!

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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A disastrous attempt to mix comedy and horror!

Jonathan Foreman, New York Post

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