An angry, delusional man becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman. He follows her everywhere and compiles a video library of her going about her daily business. He contrives to work where she works. He decorates his room with her photos and even creates a doll from her stray hairs. He loves and hates her, and he has fantasies in which she's "screaming and screaming and screaming." Funny, no?

No. Not funny. The above description sounds like the basis for an unpleasant thriller. It sounds like a prelude to violence. Instead it's the central plot line of "Slackers," a discordant comedy that gives bad taste a bad name.

Jason Schwartzman plays Ethan, a college nerd who's neurotically obsessed with Angela (James King). One day he uncovers a test- cheating scheme and goes to the three perpetrators -- a trio of slackers, hence the misleading title. He threatens to have them expelled unless they help him get Angela. But Ethan is an entirely repellent character. Not much of a chance there.