Super Sucker

Fred Barlow (Daniels) and Winslow Schnaebelt (Presnell), are the heads of two different door-to-door vacuum cleaner distributors, with salesmen who are competing for the same territory. Their rivalry becomes so fierce that the president of the manufacturer of the product, Mr. Suckerton, decides that for the good of the company, the town will have only one group of sales representatives. Desperate, and always the underdog, Barlow suggests a winner-take-all sales contest to determine who gets the territory. Well behind Schnaebelt from the very start, Barlow's sales surge when he learns of his wife's non-traditional use of, the circular nap nipper,{{cite web |title=Daniels, Jeff 1955– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/daniels-jeff-1955 |website=Encyclopedia.com}} a "homemaker's little helper",{{cite news |last1=LaPlace |first1=Todd |last2=Christ |first2=Eric |title=Daniels sucks up laughs in new film |url=https://www.thelantern.com/2003/01/daniels-sucks-up-laughs-in-new-film/ |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=The Lantern |date=January 28, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628082932/https://www.thelantern.com/2003/01/daniels-sucks-up-laughs-in-new-film/ |archive-date=28 June 2023 |location=Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio}}{{cite news |last1=Piccalo |first1=Gina |last2=Roug |first2=Louise |title=Strolling the Boardwalk With Actor Jeff Daniels |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-22-lv-angles22-story.html |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 February 2002}} a long forgotten vacuum attachment.

• Jeff Daniels as Fred Barlow
• Matt Letscher as Howard Butterworth
• Harve Presnell as Winslow Schnaebelt
• Dawn Wells as herself
• John Seibert as Shelby
• Guy Sanville as Leonard
• Kate Packham as Darlene
• Sandra Birch as Rhonda
• Michelle Mountain as Bunny Barlow
• Will Young as Clifford

Daniels made{{cite web |title=Jeff Daniels |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Jeff-Daniels |website=Britannica .com |language=en}} Super Sucker in Jackson, Michigan, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada,{{TCMDb title | id= 533776 | title= Super Sucker}} with Michigan performers and technicians.

Super Sucker opened on 24 January 2003 (Super Bowl weekend), on 125 screens in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Kansas, and Missouri,{{cite web |last1=Lybarger |first1=Dan |title=Super Sucker - Interview with Jeff Daniels - Nitrate Online Feature |url=https://nitrateonline.com/2003/fsucker.html |website=nitrateonline.com |access-date=28 June 2023 |date=24 January 2003}} but never obtained national distribution.{{asin|B001HT2D9Y}} Purple Rose is the distribution company and the distributor.

"It didn’t do as well as we had hoped when we released it in the Midwest. We had hoped it would do better, but distributing a film, particularly by yourself, is always a dicey enterprise. The video and DVD deal is in place, so we project it will make its money back. Domestic theatrical distribution is just a very difficult thing." — Jeff Daniels{{cite news |last1=Householder |first1=Michael |title=Jeff Daniels’ film career blooming despite moving back to Michigan |url=https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2003/02/22/jeff-daniels-film-career-blooming-despite-moving-back-to-michigan/ |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=Daily Freeman |date=22 February 2003 |location=Kingston, New York}}

Super Sucker won the 2002 Audience Award for Best Feature at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.{{cite web |title=Jeff Daniels |url=https://www.dramatists.com/dps/bios.aspx?authorbio=Jeff+Daniels |website=Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |access-date=28 June 2023}}

"I haven't a clue what this movie is about." — Christopher Borrelli, film critic, Toledo Blade.{{cite news |last1=Borrelli |first1=Christopher |title=Super Sucker: Daniels has a well-meaning dud |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/movies/2003/01/24/Super-Sucker-Daniels-has-a-well-meaning-dud/stories/200301240004 |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) |publisher=Toledo Blade Co |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628074916/https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/movies/2003/01/24/Super-Sucker-Daniels-has-a-well-meaning-dud/stories/200301240004 |archive-date=28 June 2023 |location=Toledo, Ohio |language=en}}

"I cannot recommend this movie highly enough. Jeff Daniels has crafted a comedy that is intelligent, well-acted, and laugh-out-loud funny." — Moriarty,{{cite web |title=Early Review For New Jeff Daniels Comedy SUPER SUCKER!! |url=https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/14291 |website=Aint It Cool News |access-date=28 June 2023 |language=en |date=January 24, 2003}} Ain't It Cool News

"A solid mix of lowball and under-the-breath humor, Super Sucker is a balanced and worthwhile film." — Nathan Lichtman,{{cite news |last1=Lichtman |first1=Nathan |title="Super Sucker" blows — and that’s a good thing |url=https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2003/02/03/super-sucker-blows/ |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=The Badger Herald |date=3 February 2003}} The Badger Herald

"Super Sucker... is a terrible movie. But that doesn’t prevent it from being interesting and even admirable as a grassroots phenomenon." — Jonathan Rosenbaum,{{cite news |last1=Rosenbaum |first1=Jonathan |author1-link=Jonathan Rosenbaum |title=Buyer Beware |url=https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2023/01/buyer-beware/ |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=Jonathan Rosenbaum .net}} Chicago Reader (January 24, 2003)

"Daniels (goes) for big, tawdry, gloriously cheap yuks. Bless him for it" — Tom Lang, Detroit News

"This is juvenile stuff (not a bad thing) and Super Sucker makes no bones about its meaning or pedigree (also not a bad thing)" — Erin Podolsky,{{cite news |last1=Podolsky |first1=Erin |title=Super Sucker |url=https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/super-sucker-2283478 |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=Detroit Metro Times |language=en}} Metro Times

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• {{cite web |title=SuperSucker - A Purple Rose Film |url=http://supersuckerthemovie.com/ |website=supersuckerthemovie.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030404095133/http://supersuckerthemovie.com/ |archive-date=4 April 2003}}
• {{cite web |title=Super Sucker (Trailer) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3CmjNTfXTw |website=youtube |language=en}}
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