Good concept, poorly executed.

Excellent but underrated film

Awesome Movie

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Devon Sawa from the much known horror film final destination stars in this movie as a young boy who's at home when his parents weirdly disappear and there is a murderous serial killer loose around,suddenly,this boy finds out his hand is possessed and soon goes on a night of mayhem with his dead friends(Seth Green)and the love of his life(Jessica Alba). OK it is really silly but I honestly loved this film,it was such a funny stoner movie,Devon Sawa gave a hilarious performance as well as Seth Rogen. This is hard enough to find on DVD,I don't actually think I saw it on DVD threw my whole life..huh. Idle hands is a funny stoner horror comedy starring Devon Sawa,Seth Rogen and Jessica Alba and I forget his name but that guy from American wedding and date movie.

People use to classify this movie as a comedy/horror picture, but in my point of view, it's none. For instance, filmmakers try all they can to deliver some fun scenes, but they turn out to be just normal and never really funny! Horror scenes surely don't scare, considering the movie's main subject-- a killing hand with a mind of its own. Sometimes it's pleasant to see Devon Sawa straining to make his job, but script is too poorly written to deliver any good material. The one-- and ONLY-- thing to "praise" about the movie is the originality of the plot, since nothing besides that ever satisfies! If you're looking for funny horror movies, maybe 2000's "Cherry Falls" is a better choice, albeit not perfect film as well. Just pass "Idle Hands". I couldn't even make it to the end.

Every year around Halloween I put on a long horror movie marathon for me and my friends. We play many of the classics but I like to throw in some modern or more obscure titles that we haven't seen to keep it interesting and prevent us from spending yet another two hours quoting every line of dialogue in Carpenter's Halloween. I use Idle Hands to break up the marathon with a bit of humor and levity when the serious and somber horror films start to take their psychological toll and depress everyone. It brings everyone back into the mood of the marathon and refreshes us with some laughter. It is to my marathon what the porter is to Macbeth you might say.In this context, the film is great. I don't know if I would rate it very highly on its own however. It is worth watching and if you like campy gore mixed some black humor you will have a good time watching it. Try pairing it with a viewing of The Evil Dead 2 or something similar.

Anton Tobias ( Devon Sawa ) is the laziest guy in the world. Still living with his parents, all he does is watching TV and smoking weed. He ran out of weed and unfortunately his friends won't bring it over so he has to get out of the house. At his friend's place he realizes he hasn't seen his parents for days, and it doesn't take long for him to find out they have been murdered. After some investigating he finds out he is the killer, although he has zero memory of doing that. That question will be answered soon because he finds out his right hand is possessed, living it's own life and it's out of control killing everyone. And so after his parents he kills his 2 best friends, really funny dudes named Mick played by Seth Green and Pnub by Elden Henson. But they get back, because they arise from the earth half dead, half alive to help Anton getting rid of the devilish power inside his hand.I have to say, I dig stoner movies ( I'm from Holland so do the math )and this one just rocks ! Anton takes you with him on his adventure against his possessed hand and together with his 2 stoner buddies it's just one hell of a ride ! It has it all. Gore, Comedy, Romance ( did I mention Jessica Alba is freaking hot in this flick ). Also Seth Green is the star in this movie in my opinion. His one-liners hit the spot every freaking time I watch this movie.If you dig Dark Comedy or stoner flicks like Pineapple Express this one is for you !