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Playing an unstoppable
nerd, whose lack of charisma or ability proved no hindrance to self-advancement,
he created a central character both horrific and strangely endearing.
In Dewey Nicks
campus romantic comedy "Slackers", he returns to a similar territory
but adds serial killer menace to the geek cliché.
The problem is,
he's not the lead. That honour goes to Devon Sawa, playing Dave, one of three
college wasters - the others being Jason Segel and Michael Maronna - whose attempts
to cheat their way to graduation fall at the final hurdle when Schwartzman's friendless
weirdo Ethan catches them in a scam.
The price of his silence is for them to help him do the impossible: win the heart
of James King's dream girl, Angela. However, Dave then starts to fall in love
with his target...
When Schwartzman
is on screen, things go swimmingly. From serenading his love with a portable synthesiser
at two in the morning to making a doll from her hair, Ethan is a Pandora's box
of nightmare comic situations. And the director keeps things swinging at a zippy
pace, with some neat fantasy sequences punctuating the plot.
However, when Sawa
and King take centre stage, interest drops. Typical of the sweet, fresh-faced
types Hollywood likes in this type of comedy ("American Pie" is full
of them), the lovely couple are likeable but have no edge, being upstaged by simple
supporting gags such as an oversexed female roommate or a horny middle-aged mother.
Only a man whose eyebrows meet and who writes his own (pretty ropey) songs could
bring out the best in the film, but we never see enough of him.
"Slackers"
opens in UK cinemas on Friday 10th May 2002.
Reviewed by , 91Èȱ¬ Films
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