Slacker

VHS, R, 105 minutes, MGM

Writer/director Richard Linklater ("Dazed And Confused") takes you on a tour of his own private Austin, Texas in this wickedly funny social satire. Linklater emerges as an important new filmmaking voice presenting a distinctly "twentysomething" view of contemporary America through a fascinating series of rambling vignettes spotlighting a non-stop parade of seemingly directionless laybouts. With its affectionate portrait of the "downwardly mobile," "Slacker" is a "funny, touching and appealing...fusion of fiction and documentary" (Newsweek) that also introduced a new term into popular culture. Utilizing a unique non-narrative story line, "Slacker" invites you to hop a cab and head straight into the heart of a wonderfully weird world of crazies and just plain lazies, each with their own unique way of whiling away the hours. Meet a merchant of Madonna medical memorabilia, a TV obsessed remote control freak , a smurf theologian and more. There are new laughs waiting around each and every corner in this "hilarious" ("The Nation"), "highly-literate" ("The Village Voice") and "highly-entertaining" (Hollywood Reporter) comedy!.