Idle Hands (1999)

★ 6.2 1h 32m 731 votes IMDb
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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.

Idle Hands

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Cast

Devon Sawa
Devon Sawa as Anton Age 47 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Devon Edward Sawa (born September 7, 1978) is a Canadian actor. Sawa began acting when he was a teenager and appeared in several films in the 1990s including Little Giants, Casper, Now and Then, Wild...
Seth Green
Seth Green as Mick Age 52 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Seth Benjamin Green (né Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor. His film debut came with a role in the comedy-drama film The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), and he went on to have supp...
Elden Henson
Elden Henson as Pnub Age 48 · Rockville, Maryland, USA Elden Henson (born Elden Ryan Ratliff, August 30, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Fulton Reed in The Mighty Ducks trilogy (1992–1996), Foggy Nelson in the Marvel Cinematic Uni...
Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba as Molly Age 44 · Pomona, California, USA Jessica Marie Alba (/ˈælbə/ AL-bə; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress, businesswoman, and entrepreneur. She began her acting career at age 13 in Camp Nowhere (1994), followed up by The Secret...
Vivica A. Fox
Vivica A. Fox as Debi Age 61 · South Bend, Indiana, USA Vivica A. Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She began her career on Soul Train and played roles on the daytime television soap operas Days of Our Lives and Generations. In...
Jack Noseworthy
Jack Noseworthy as Randy Age 61 · Lynn, Massachusetts, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Noseworthy, Jr. (born December 21, 1964) is an American actor, whose most visible movie roles were perhaps A Place for Annie, Event Horizon and U-571. Jack...

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Wuchak 5/10 Sep 21, 2025
**_Pot-soaked teens in SoCal harassed by a possessed hand_**

A town is plagued by a series of killings as a group of unambitious high schoolers (Devon Sawa, Seth Green and Elden Henson) trace the problem to the uncontrollable appendage of one of their own.

“Idle Hands” (1999) is a manic horror comedy with macabre humor and lots o’ gore, influenced by bits from flicks like “Evil Dead 2,” “Re-Animator” and “An American Werewolf in London.” It’s often legitimately funny because it takes situations or lines and goes one step further for an over-the-top effect, similar to “There's Something About Mary” from the year before, just with a totally different milieu.

Jessica Alba turned 17 one week into shooting in 1998 and is a highlight. Meanwhile Vivica A. Fox is effective as a Druidic priestess hunting down the spirit responsible for the nefarious goings-on.

It’s creative, energetic, fun and bloody, but hindered by its curious obsession with pot-smoking. You could call it throwaway entertainment, which flopped badly at the box office.

It runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot mostly in Pasadena, which is just northeast of Hollywood; as well as areas nearby (Hollywood, Santa Clarita and Culver City for studio work).

GRADE: C

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