Word: slackerly
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...stuff of an irritating jeans ad or a surprisingly winsome and funny animated series. "Inspired by" actual interviews with youngsters, the engaging boho characters do, well, nothing much, yet they don't grow dull or self-consciously hip. If the rambling plots and pitch-perfect dialogue remind one of Slacker, they also remind one of little else...
With the film's sensational response at this year's Sundance Film Festival, the actress changed her look from frumpy slacker to sleek ingenue and has been on a whirlwind of studio meetings. Strangers have stopped her to say they've seen bootlegged Blair Witch tapes or downloaded the entire film from the Internet. Still, Donahue is no rich witch. Her star may be rising, but she has a $1,000 car, lives in a seedy Hollywood neighborhood and is reluctant to accept just any new acting job: "I'm definitely not looking to do another horror film...
...that order. That was how Gidget found her Moondoggie, how Frankie and Annette learned beach-blanket bingo and how Grease's Danny met a girl crazy for him. Sure, those were movies, but when Danny waxed poetic about his nights of summer loving, nobody thought, "What a slacker...
...Harvard grads are at it again. Perennial slacker Bart causes Springfield to lose the Olympic Games, and as punishment he must pitch in at a retirement house. Wacky antics are sure to ensue. Voices of Dan Castelleneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer. Guest voice of Jack Lalanne...
Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne) plays Norm's former social worker who now has to work side by side with this incorrigible slacker. She does well enough, but is stuck with little more to do than yell, "Oh, Norm!" at the appropriate times. The two, no doubt, will learn a valuable lesson from each other every week...