Idle Hands (1999)
“The touching story of a boy and his right hand.”
Movie19991h 32mEnglish
Our verdict
Decent one-time watch
Mixed-to-positive reactions; enjoyable if the genre is your thing.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 776 ratings.
Movie review: Idle Hands
Idle Hands is a film from 1999. It is catalogued under Comedy, Horror, Fantasy. Its listed tagline is “The touching story of a boy and his right hand.”
Story
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.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.2/10 based on 776 votes.
Production
Release date: April 30, 1999 · Runtime: 92 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $25,000,000 · Reported revenue: $4,152,230
Official trailer
Cast
Devon Sawa
Seth Green
Elden Henson
Jessica Alba
Vivica A. Fox
Jack Noseworthy
Christopher Hart
Sean Whalen
Nicholas Sadler
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