Senseless
A cash-strapped college student turns an experimental sensory-enhancing drug into both a competitive advantage and a chaotic obstacle on his path to a finance career and romance.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- breezy
- heightened
- late night comedy
- nostalgic 1990s movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the sensory-enhancement premise and talented cast insufficiently developed into consistently funny romantic farce.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Darryl volunteers for a medical trial whose drug heightens all five senses tenfold, driving the central comic situations.
Darryl seeks the brokerage competition and its career opportunity while the story emphasizes his financial disadvantage.
The junior analyst competition turns high-pressure brokerage recruitment into the film's main arena for comic escalation.
The amplified senses produce repeated comic complications involving vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch.
Films like Senseless, and why
The Wedding Singer
shared romantic comedy framework, broad comic tone, and workplace ambition
The New Guy
shared college setting, young-adult ambition, and raunchy farce
The Nutty Professor
shared body-based comic premise, heightened humor, and romance
Trading Places
shared fish-out-of-water comedy, class tension, and romantic subplot
Movie Details
- Director
- Penelope Spheeris
- Release Date
- 1998-02-20
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (418)
Cast
- Marlon Wayans
- David Spade
- Matthew Lillard
- Rip Torn
- Tamara Taylor
- Brad Dourif
- Esther Scott
- Debra Jo Rupp
- Mark Christopher Lawrence
- John Ingle
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Senseless about?
- A cash-strapped college student turns an experimental sensory-enhancing drug into both a competitive advantage and a chaotic obstacle on his path to a finance career and romance.
- What is Senseless like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Senseless as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Senseless violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Senseless as mild.
- What did critics think of Senseless?
- Critics broadly found the sensory-enhancement premise and talented cast insufficiently developed into consistently funny romantic farce.
- Which films are like Senseless?
- Films with a similar feel include The Wedding Singer, The New Guy, The Nutty Professor, and Trading Places.
- How long is Senseless?
- Senseless runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Senseless?
- In United States, Senseless is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
