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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinLoaded with smart sight gags and endearing secondary characters, it effectively mixes slapstick splatter and deadpan satire...Pretty damned irresistible.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovGreen and Henson make an inspired comic team, Sawa has the befuddled stoner thing down pat, and Alba is, in a word, yummy.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsIll-timed "Hands" has a very limited grasp of comedy.
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThis briefly inspired bit of surreality quickly descends into gratuitous bondage, mayhem and dumb humour, marking the usual progression from mildly absurd premise to gratingly idiotic conclusion.
- 30TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThere's about half an hour's worth of sickly amusing material here...Unfortunately, that leaves a solid hour's worth of witless screaming, running around and expiring in a welter of icky special effects.
- 30Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorTheir splashy gore is more convincing than this incompetent horror-comedy's attempt to mock bourgeois high school dissoluteness without appearing judgmental.
- 25Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneIt's got the sex. It's got the violence. And, most important, it has an array of pot-centered jokes that might be funny to someone under the influence of an illegal substance. [30 Apr 1999]
- 10L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyMany in the youthful target audience won’t be able to identify the "homages," and the script is far too lazy for seasoned horror fans to stomach.
- 0USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]It's an unholy mess.
- 0As stupefyng as Idle Hands is while the title appendage is still attached to Anton, it goes into a whole other realm of godawfulness when the demon digits take off on their own.