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The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
Loaded with smart sight gags and endearing secondary characters, it effectively mixes slapstick splatter and deadpan satire...Pretty damned irresistible....read the complete Idle Hands (1999) review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
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Film Threat (Ron Wells)
Hey, it's not "Gone With the Wind" or even "Nightmare on Elm Street", so don't expect a masterpiece. You get a little nudity, a lot of gore, Seth Green doing his ironic commentary thing, and an easy way to kill a couple of hours....read the complete Idle Hands (1999) review at Film Threat (Ron Wells)
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Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
Their splashy gore is more convincing than this incompetent horror-comedy's attempt to mock bourgeois high school dissoluteness without appearing judgmental....read the complete Idle Hands (1999) review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
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Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Let's talk about it quickly, because the thumbs of both my hands have gone similarly crazy. They're pointing downward and refuse to budge until I finish this review....read the complete Idle Hands (1999) review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
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by cory on March 23, 2009 Ogden, Utah
Horror/Comedy is a bit of a rare combination, but it really works well for Idle Hands. Idle Hands is about a high-school stoner whose hand gets possessed and kills his parents and his best friends. Now he must stop the hand before it kills his ...

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Idle Hands (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Idle Hands (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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