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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... read more read more... 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

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R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Jeff Daniels

Release Date: January 24, 2003

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DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003

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  • February 28, 2007
    This movie has some special meaning to me. .......I dont wanna talk about it. hits the nail on the head

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Tom Long
January 24, 2003
Tom Long, Detroit News

Has a mad energy and proud idiocy that's impossible to deny.

John Monaghan
January 24, 2003
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. Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 24, 2003
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

A terrible movie. Full Review

Allison Benedikt
January 23, 2003
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...

Mark Pfeiffer
July 12, 2006
Mark Pfeiffer, Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Simply put, this movie about sweeper salesmen is a comedic vacuum. Full Review

Rory L. Aronsky
March 31, 2005
Rory L. Aronsky, Film Threat

'Hopefully, "Super Sucker" will be Jeff Daniels final foray into directing and writing. NO MORE!!!!! NO MORE!!!!!!' Full Review

Dan Lybarger
February 2, 2003
Dan Lybarger, Nitrate Online

Writer-Director Jeff Daniels comes up with about forty-five minutes of inspired silliness, but, eventually, Super Sucker winds up being a one-joke film, though, admittedly, that joke is often funnier ... Full Review

Blake French
January 26, 2003
Blake French, Filmcritic.com

If you think you've seen every possibility for a sex comedy, then you haven't seen Super Sucker -- and thank your lucky stars for that. Full Review

Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
January 24, 2003
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press

There's only one joke in Super Sucker, but it's a good one. Full Review

Jon Alon Walz
January 24, 2003
Jon Alon Walz, Boxoffice Magazine

The quirky and bizarre nature of the material would have been better suited to a director more nimble with absurd, broad and physical humor. Full Review

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