Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Bereamic Awesome Movie

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

ericjcant-1 There is no actual story here, so if you need a movie to have a standard plot to legitimize it, this isn't your movie. This movie is almost entirely made up of dialogue between dozens of different and often bizarre characters, and most of the dialogue is quite quirky and humorous, especially if you live in a college town like I do where so much of this felt familiar.A lot of people are going to hate this movie, and it's easy to understand why, but it's going to depend on your personality and what preconceived notions you have about watching a film, because there is so little structure to Slacker.If you can take this movie on its own terms, it's actually fairly amusing, as it paints a quirky kind of perspective on people and life in a college town. I personally loved it, but it's not for everyone.

Rachel Scott There is a lot of indie charm involved in this movie, from the clothes to the scenery to the subject matter, it is a bit entrancing. I guess that's in right now, the whole indie charm, I feel this movie captured it well. I do feel, however, that some of the conversation seemed forced and empty, like they just threw in a lot of this to be pretentious, but you know, that's up to opinion. One thing that did really capture me about this movie in particular was the way they were able to capture intersecting lives and stories, I loved the way the camera followed the people, it didn't just cut to a new person. I feel this gives perspective on the life we live everyday and how so many people pass us by that also have individual stories, that the world is more terribly interconnected than we'd ever hoped to believe. Although I did say earlier that I thought some of the dialogue was pretentious, empty, and forced, I did like a lot of it. I liked how they were able to integrate serious, pressing topics with lighter more humorous ones. This juxtaposition makes the movie feel more real, it pulls the viewer in and out of trains of thought. I felt this gave it a more surreal feel, the feeling that this, a movie, is not so far off from the life we live everyday.

FilmCriticLalitRao It is true that American film "Slacker" is inundated with a lot of idlers,social misfits and other "good for nothing" characters but they do not engage in any kind of idle talk.One could have any idea,opinion about them but they need to be praised for possessing deep knowledge of their subjects.They are able to impress others around them solely due to their widespread knowledge of various subjects.For example : one of the characters speaks about Kennedy Assassination as if he has been invited by authorities to report it.There is not much which happens as "Slacker" is devoid of any plot.In this sense,it is an acute as well meaningful observation of people who belong to a certain milieu.The walks depicted in "Slacker" have a special quality as it enables them to effortlessly more from one topic to another without bothering to establish any coherent link between former and latter."Slacker" is a film which needs to be watched as its credo is to tell by showing instead of "Show but don't tell".

Jackson Booth-Millard This was the directorial debut of Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, School of Rock, Boyhood), I may have heard about it previously, but I was mostly attracted due to its placing in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Basically the film is a plot less day in the life of an ensemble of unrelated and almost unconnected twenty something characters, predominantly social outcasts and misfits, in Austin, Texas, the structure is unique but straight forward as each one is introduced. The various characters are seen in conversation for no more than a few minutes before moving on to the next one, but what all of them have in common is that that do not not fit into the norm of society. These include a highly talkative taxi passenger (Richard Linklater) who after a long chat almost to himself says "Should Have Stayed at Bus Station", a UFO enthusiast and buff who has a theory and insists that since the 1950's the United States have never been to the moon, and a character who has conspiracy theories about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a man robbing an elderly man's house and the old anarchist owner makes friendly conversation with him, a serial collector of television sets, and a hippie woman (Teresa Taylor) who has a Madonna pap smear and is trying to sell it. You never find out the real names of these eccentric characters, but the main topics of conversation for most of them is why they seem to be excluded socially and politically marginalised, they talk about their class, their lack of jobs, media being controlled by the government, and just generally their conspiracy theories and philosophies. Also starring Rudy Basquez as Taxi Driver, Jean Caffeine as Roadkill, Jan Hockey as Jogger, Stephan Hockey as Running Late and Mark James as Hit-and-Run Son. This offbeat and low budget teen movie of sorts is a good start for a director like Linklater, it certainly gives you an idea of the sort of films he would later become popular for, it is pretty much just dialogue and odd characters, but that is why it is really interesting. Most of the conversations you listen to throughout do have some relevance, it might not be to the tastes of all who watch it, but overall I found it an enjoyable enough cult comedy. Good!