Super Sucker (2002)

Rival door-to-door vacuum cleaner distributors fred & winslow battle for territory & survival in a winner takes all contest. When perennial udnerdog fred re-discovers a long lost cleaning attachment the contest turns as he & his team of misfits determine non-traditional uses for this attachment. Studio: Monarch Video Assoc. Release Date: 08/30/2005 Starring: Jeff Daniels Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R Product Description

Great

If there was a 4.5 option Id've surely picked that instead of
4. This because I was only disappointed with the finish, and
I'm not even sure quite why. This is a wonderful movie,
especialy if you like good acting (that should be emphasized)
Though admittedly a character or two are (realisticly) corny,
you're bound to know someone you can relate them to.

There is a morsel of knowledge about the sales world in the
movie which could be distilled into the following idea:
You're own happiness and confidence always projects through
your sales(wo)man persona and directly affects the experience
that your customer is having which has as much to do with
'selling' somone one a product as them actually needing it.

Huzzah.
-<(O)>- January 15, 2006

Only in America

For unknown reasons there are people in this country that through no fault of their own come second place. They salute the other American flag and hear the anthem played for the losers.
"Super Sucker" is a film about this group of people. Sort of a kinder version of "Used Cars" and has that same feel good quality
of "Tucker". Writen,Acted and Directed By Jeff Daniels it is on the same level with the early work of Woody Allen's "Take The Money and Run" as an au tor work, we have in the past seen such projects turn out to be, I Made this for myself and you are fortunate to see it; turn out be to so introspective as to actually put the viewer to sleep .
With the film "Super Sucker" I had a goodtime from being to end. I felt a part of this film and I wanted to be one of the team of "Super Sucker" sales people(as stated in the film it is more than just a Vaccum). The Film is about the daily struggles of selling vaccums between two firms that may if Daniels, Fred Barlows team don't sell enought (which they have not been doing over the long term)will go out of business.
As with most films these days it relies on sex to carry the comedy; I add this no to be critical but to warn asexual viewers.
The nice surprise is Dawn Wells who we rarely get to see in films these days has a pleasant turn as herself and much mention is made of "Gilligans Island".
Lately, I have had a hard time in this new age (The 21 century)
finding films that have not been over produced, over marketed,
or over hyped that I have truely enjoyed and felt good about buying. "Super Sucker" is one and marks the 800 dvd in my collection the only other feel good film that I enjoyed lately that is in the same class is John Waters "A Dirty Shame". The next film that I can say I really want to see is "Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits" by Larry Blamire whose first film "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" was also a goodtime.
"Super Sucker" I believe worked because it was an independant film and the Jeff Daniels Free of studio muddling could get his vision on the screen. I was truely entertained by this work and we could use more like it. September 12, 2005

very funny

Very funny movie. Laughed especially hard when I saw my high school English teacher appear on screen half naked! lol. I highly recommend the rental - very original story, lots of laughs. August 26, 2005

In one hyphenated word: Gut-Busting

Rent it. Buy it. Love it. Hell - tell your friends; it's that good.

Just looking at the reviews below will tell you something special about this movie. It either got 1 star for being sick, or 5 stars for being hilarious. Hell, if it's so funny it offends people, more power to it!

I got this because I had spent a large portion of my life actually selling "vacuums" door-to-door. I wanted to see if their parody was funny because of the truth behind the business; it was so accurate, I was laughing within the first five minutes of showtime. As your laughing at the premis of the movie, just keep in mind that it can be considered more a documentary than comedy. And just to prove my case, the fabled "magic-attachment" is an item I would sell on a daily basis ^_^.

This movie is simply genius and if you haven't been corrupted by the stupid P.C. craze of the 90's you will get a definate kick out of this movie. July 5, 2004

Truly disgusting.

I like Mr.Daniels' acting, he's got a great range of ability. Why he chose to do this movie is beyond me. It's about women prefering to have 'relations" with thier vaccums instead of their husbands. yuck! After loving Escanaba in da Moonlight, we were very disappointed. October 9, 2003

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