Super Sucker (2002)

Masterful Movie

good film but with many flaws

Good concept, poorly executed.

A lot of fun.

Fred Barlow (Jeff Daniels) and Winslow Schnaebelt (Harve Presnell) are vacuum cleaner salesmen competing against each other the exclusivity of an area of door to door sale. Fred uses an old device called 'homemaker little helper', which is also used by the house wives and gay community as a sex toy, to increase the sales of his team and win the competition. This movie can only be indicated to morons. It is awful, ridiculous, amazingly horrible, a crap, a piece of s***. Jeff Daniels is a good actor, has excellent movies in his filmography, such as 'Something Wild', 'Ragtime' and 'Pleasantville' among others, but this 'Super Sucker' really sucks. The worst is that it is written and directed by him. The movie is not funny and indeed it is a pure waste of time and money watching it. My vote is two.Title (Brazil): 'Super Sucker'

Super Sucker is Jeff Daniel's second indie movie filmed in Michigan (his home state). I recommend it if you are looking for a funny, funny movie with a simple plot (in other words, a no-brainer). The premise might be a bit rough for some but I think most viewers will not be offended. My husband and I saw the premire in Ann Arbor, MI and are anxious to see it again because people were laughing so hard at times some lines were missed. If you saw Daniel's Escanaba in da Moonlight (and you may have noticed I live in Escanaba and was actually in that film if you looked really quick!) and were a bit disappointed, Super Sucker is far better...consistantly funny.

That would be a very good compliment in the Super Sucker world created by Jeff Daniels. This movie is F-U-N-N-Y and hopefully will be viewed by people other than just the cities of Jackson and Ann Arbor Michigan. I attended the second showing of the movie in Jackson on February 23rd 2002 hosted by Jeff Daniels.In a nutshell the movie is about two rival Super Sucker distributers in the same city (Johnson City) competing for total sales rights for that city. The result, a competition. Whichever distributer sells the most Super Suckers in a month wins, and the other bows out. Fred Barlows team (Daniels) isn't doing so hot because the competition has a bit more money an resources. With a new member on the team and doing poorer than ever, Barlow begins offering a "drapery attachment" with every purchase on a Super Sucker. I don't wanna give away what the attachment does for "lonely housewives" but there's quite a bit of sexual inuendo in the film, a lot actually. Needless to say this proves to be a very smart move for the Barlow team but as usual, things start to "suck" and the plot thickens.All in all I think this movie will appeal to a much wider audience than Escanaba in da moonlight ever did, or will, and will hopefully find a spot right up with your big hollywood summer comedies.There was quite a lack of verbal profanity, but many sexual references which earned this movie an R rating. It was kinda slow in the very beginning with a chuckle here and there, but when the "Homemakers Little Helper" (drapery attachment) hits the masses of Johnson City, it really starts to get good. There were so many moment comparable to "There's Something About Mary", Meet The Parents", and "Dumb And Dumber" that this independent movie will just HAVE to get pick up by someone and ready for a full theatrical release. The writing is good, the plot was good, everything was very good for it being an independent movie, but don't let that fact that it's not a big time hollywood release scare you, it's very much equal to your big summer releases and I hope to see it again.On a side note, this movie was kida special for me because my girlfriends mom had a small part as an extra in the fil as Housewife #4. During the scene where the salemen are trying to pitch the Homemakers Little helper door-to-door, Denise Weber was the first of the housewives to actually "use" the attachment excluding Fred Barlows wive in the beginning of the movie. I certainly hope all of you get to enjoy this film very soon.Tony

Saw this film at the Preview in Jackson, Michigan and enjoyed every minute of it. Good film to get your mind off things and just enjoy yourself. The actors do a good job of keeping the movie going with some very funny lines. If anyone had ever told me I could sit and listen for over an hour to a movie about vacum cleaner salesmen I would never have believed them.