Slacker (1991)
Directed by Richard Linklater · 97 min · Comedy
33.4 TOPICAL score · #3,240 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Slacker (1991, directed by Richard Linklater) has a TOPICAL score of 33.4 - ranked 3,240 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 81% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (357 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 19 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics81% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (357 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 19 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read23,563 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey
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