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title: "Idle Hands (1999) review"
description: "If Dude Where's My Car and Evil Dead 2 had a baby. This might be the most 90s movie ever made."
url: https://www.joekarlsson.com/reviews/idle-hands/
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# Idle Hands (1999)

Feb 19, 2026 | Rated 3.5 out of 5 | Dir. Rodman Flender

If Dude Where’s My Car and Evil Dead 2 had a baby. This might be the most 90s movie ever made.

A Halloween stoner comedy about a possessed hand. What more do you need? It’s funny, gross, cheap, and dumb. I loved it. The special effects were surprisingly great - the hand stuff works way better than it has any right to. And the whole thing moves with this manic energy that kept me grinning throughout.

I had so much fun with this. They don’t really make movies like this anymore. That’s probably fine. I still miss it.

Also on [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/joekarlsson/film/idle-hands/)

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