Super Sucker (2002)

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I'm thrilled to see that premium movie channels are adding quality titles to their regular rotation. Super Suckers is an excellent example.Previous comments/reviews have adequately described the plot and style of the movie, but have failed to point out the satire that soaks both. Jeff Daniels had never occurred to me as a writer, let alone one who understands how to combine valued social comment with hilarious one liners and shtick humor. I look forward to watching his other projects. One and a half stars only confirms the difference in taste of the maps and myself. It has become only too easy to find examples of highly rated movies that suck badly, this is definitely one that sucks very well.

After watching this movie, I decided that all movies that I do not finish will be given a "1" rating on IMDB - after all, if someone who wants to watch a movie is watching one, and then stops it because it's horrid, there's something seriously wrong.I stopped after 25 minutes. The biggest allure of this movie was personal, as the lead character looked like an awful boss I had, and I enjoyed watching him live a sad existance as a door to door salesman. If I hadn't of been for this fact alone, I think this would've held my intelligence for 18 minutes. Maybe 19.This is a bad movie due to the fact that you can only make so many jokes about a door to door salesman, and when they're not good, the entire idea collapses. Yes, we understand his life is pathetic, but that's not good enough to make a movie. The lives of the people in Office Space were pathetic (wait, I'm like those people), but I'd consider that movie to be about a nine on the laughs scale, while this movie got a 1.If I had a kid sister, she could've done better for a 3rd grade english project. Pass on this one.

Believe it or not...My husband is a vacuum cleaner salesmen...Door to door. So we rented this movie expecting a giggle...The sad part is..most people that work in the industry are this dorky. I know..I used to sell vacuum cleaners too. We would open our morning meeting with songs, and yell about being positive. It was truelly a dark time in my life...LOL Thankfully my hubby is not a dork... he is funny, and honest..and dogone it his customers like him. Back to the movie...My point I guess it that, this isn't a funny movie..because it's really what these vacuum guys act like...They have steak and beans contests...and are always spouting about a contest. I love the part with the cat, but that was the only giggle I got..We turned it off after an hour, I'm not sure if it was because it hit too close to home...and looked really depressing..or...it really just SUCKED...no pun intended.

I was able to view this film at CineVegas 2002, and I will say it wasn't a waste of time, but I am not sure I would pay to see it again in the theaters.Jeff Daniels plays a middle class, vacuum sales person who is losing business to his cross-town competitor. Until this point, the movie is pretty, well...boring.At this point the movie turns to the extreme and becomes pretty funny in a "stupid movie" sort of way--you don't want to laugh but you just can't help it. I will not go any further as I do not want to ruin the film for anyone.Daniels plays a good role and is funny in it, and if you go into this film not expecting a whole lot, you shouldn't be disappointed.