Super Sucker (2002)
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29% of critics liked it
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Clean carpets and dirty minds find a common ground in this comedy written, directed, produced, and distributed by leading man Jeff Daniels. Fred Barlow (Daniels) is a hapless door-to-door salesman who scrapes together a living selling and distributing the Super Sucker Home Cleaning System, a deluxe… More Clean carpets and dirty minds find a common ground in this comedy written, directed, produced, and distributed by leading man Jeff Daniels. Fred Barlow (Daniels) is a hapless door-to-door salesman who scrapes together a living selling and distributing the Super Sucker Home Cleaning System, a deluxe vacuum cleaning unit, in the small Michigan community of Johnson City. While Barlow and his dedicated but inept staff believe in their product, they don't have much luck in actually moving the merchandise, and hotshot fellow distributor Winslow Schnaebelt (Harve Presnell) is eager to take over Barlow's territory. Super Sucker prexy Cy Suckerton II (John Lepard), tired of the squabbling between Barlow and Schnaebelt, decides to settle the matter once and for all with a contest -- whoever sells the most vacuums in 30 days will have all of Johnson City to themselves. Barlow and his right-hand-man Howard Butterworth (Matt Letscher) try to gear up their staff to make an all-out sales assault on Johnson City, but it turns out that the deciding factor may well be the "Housewife's Little Helper," a little-used vacuum attachment for "cleaning those hard-to-reach places" which Barlow discovers has a surprising use that has nothing to do with sweeping the rug. Super Sucker also features a guest appearance by Dawn Wells (Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island) as the official Super Sucker spokesperson; longtime Bob Seger sideman Alto Reed contributed to the film's soundtrack. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jeff Daniels
- Written By
- Jeff Daniels
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 24, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Purple Rose Films
Critic Reviews
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Tom Long, Detroit News
Has a mad energy and proud idiocy that's impossible to deny.
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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Daniels obviously loves the medium and knows how to assemble a movie, but he needs to flesh out a story that could easily have been told between beers and burps at the Escanaba hunting camp.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
A terrible movie.
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Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
Daniels turns to hackneyed stereotypes and easy plot lines, choosing to see the Midwest as a place where door-to-door salesmen rule the streets and bored housewives all lead unfulfilling cookie-cutter lives.
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Mark Pfeiffer, Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
Simply put, this movie about sweeper salesmen is a comedic vacuum.
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Cast
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Jeff Daniels
as Fred Barlow
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Harve Presnell
as Winslow Schnaebelt
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Dawn Wells
as Herself
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Kate Peckham
as Darlene
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Matt Letscher
as Howard Butterworth
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Phillip Powers
as Jack
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Sandra Birch
as Rhonda
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Michelle Mountain
as Bunny Barlow
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Suzi Regan
as Jill
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Guy Sanville
as Leonard
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John Seibert
as Shelby
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Will Young
as Clifford
- Patrick Moug
