Slacker

Slacker

1991 · 97 min · EN · R · 6.7 (260 votes)
Dir. Richard Linklater · Starring Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey, Stephan Hockey, Mark James
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Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

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A hazy, sun-drenched drift through Austin's counter-culture. It feels like a lazy afternoon spent pondering life's absurdities with friends, punctuated by quirky encounters and philosophical musings. Effortlessly cool and utterly unhurried.

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