Overview
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
My review only covers the first 20 minutes of the movies as that is about all I could stomach. In some ways it seems like Linklater re-made this film as an adult when he created the far superior Everybody Wants Some. Like “Dazed” that film did not necessarily have a point but it was a far more realistic (and interesting) snapshot of youth. The main problem I had with this film was that none of it was believable. Nobody ever talked like that in high school or acted liked that in high school. Nobody. At times if felt like a sequel to Meatballs instead of a Linklater film. You can be not believable but tell an amazing story but you can’t be not believable and also not have a story to tell.
Thankfully we bailed and found time to watch the amazing What They Had.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Dazed and Confused
Movie title: Dazed and Confused
Movie description: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
Date published: 2019-01-11
Director(s): Richard Linklater
Actor(s): Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson, Michelle Burke, Adam Goldberg, Marissa Ribisi, Anthony Rapp, Milla Jovovich, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Parker Posey, Nicky Katt, Kim Krizan, Deena Martin, Shawn Andrews, Cole Hauser, Christine Harnos, Esteban Powell, John Swasey, Fred Lerner, Mona Lee Fultz, Heidi Van Horne, Tara Battani, Renée Zellweger
Genre: Comedy, Drama
My Review
My review only covers the first 20 minutes of the movies as that is about all I could stomach. In some ways it seems like Linklater re-made this film as an adult when he created the far superior Everybody Wants Some. Like “Dazed” that film did not necessarily have a point but it was a far more realistic (and interesting) snapshot of youth. The main problem I had with this film was that none of it was believable. Nobody ever talked like that in high school or acted liked that in high school. Nobody. At times if felt like a sequel to Meatballs instead of a Linklater film. You can be not believable but tell an amazing story but you can’t be not believable and also not have a story to tell.
Thankfully we bailed and found time to watch the amazing What They Had.
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My Review - 4/10
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