Slackers

Slackers

When all else fails... cheat.

R 2002 · 86 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy, Romance

Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Self-dubbed Cool Ethan, an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel.

Directed by Dewey Nicks · Written by David H. Steinberg

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Devon Sawa Dave Goodman
Jaime King Angela Patton
Jason Segel Sam Schechter
Jason Schwartzman Ethan Dulles
Laura Prepon Reanna
Michael C. Maronna Jeff Davis
Cameron Diaz Cameron Diaz
Jim Rash Head T.A. Philip
Retta Bruna
Gedde Watanabe Japanese Proctor
Heidi Kramer Hot Twin #1
Gina Gershon Girl at Trendy Club

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