" idle hands " is <NEG> distasteful , crass and derivative </NEG> . if an original thought found its way into this horror-comedy it would die of loneliness . plus , you have to question the judgment and sensitivity of studio executives who would green light the release of a movie dealing with the slaughter of innocent teen-agers the week after the tragedy in littleton , colo . <NEG> the movie is insulting </NEG> to horror film fans and teen-agers . the plot , what little there is , deals with anton ( devon sawa ) , a high-school slacker who's hand goes on a murderous rampage after becoming possessed . along the way the hand kills anton's parents and his two best friends . the friends , also slackers , are so lazy that they return from the dead because the walk into the light was too far for them . that is the level of this's atrocity's humor . the movie treats death as a joke . " idle hands " is gruesome and morbid . <NEG> the performances are stereotypical and cartoonish </NEG> . i realize this is supposed to pass for comedy , but recent events have surpassed what is on the screen . it is not the fault of the filmmakers that real life has overtaken reel life . and i can only presume that the writers of " idle hands , " terri hughes and ron milbauer , were trying to make some statement about today's young people and their values in a satiric vein . however , it's hard to laugh at death these days , especially ones involving young people . with the real horrors of the world put before us on television , <NEG> a stale pastry </NEG> such as " idle hands " should be held from release for a few weeks or months to give us time to catch our collective breaths . " idle hands " is <NEG> bad </NEG> , no matter the circumstances in the world outside . but the context of recent events <NEG> only heightens its shortcomings </NEG> . the time is not right for this type of movie . and as far as " idle hands " goes , the time may never be right . this is a movie that <NEG> shoud be consigned to the trash bin of cinema </NEG> .
