
It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.... (Full plot summary below)
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It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.
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| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenOne of the most exciting movies of this, or any other, year. It's smart, funny, and wonderfully crafted and performed. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayInconsistent stoner comedy that looks back fondly at the '70's. McConaughey gives a standout performance as the creepy older guy picking up on High School girls. |
| DVDTalk.comBill GibronDazed and Confused is a perfect movie. It flawlessly captures the spirit of the '70s while arguing for a clear universality in the high school experience. |
| Consequence of SoundDominick Suzanne-MayerLike so much of Linklater’s best work, the film is profound through its being deliberately unassuming. It’s sincere without being dopey, honest without being mean, optimistic without being oblivious of how hard the future can be. |
| VarietyKen EisnerOne-liners and dry sight gags still abound, but the ennui-sodden formlessness of "Slacker" doesn't fly as well in this $ 6 million, smoothly lensed package, which calls for shapelier narrative and resolution. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversLinklater is a sly and formidable talent, bringing an anthropologist's eye to this spectacularly funny celebration of the rites of stupidity. His shitfaced "American Graffiti" is the ultimate party movie -- loud, crude, socially irresponsible and totally irresistible. |
| Countingdown.comLarry CarrollAn amazing film because of the way it perfectly captures the time period, and how it manages to carry so many characters and make every one of them interesting. Most films would be worthwhile if they could create one character as deep as these. |
| Scene-Stealers.comEric MelinIt may have seemed like a movie that was out of time, but it turned out to be perfectly in sync with the restlessness of the early 90s as well. |
| Entertainment WeeklyTy BurrFrom the opening shot of a burnt-orange GTO cruising a high school parking lot to the strains of Aerosmith's ''Sweet Emotion,'' Richard Linklater's film nails mid-'70s adolescence so precisely that you'll need Clearasil by the end credits. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonRichard Linklater's satirical take on high school life in the 1970s is not only funny and entertaining. It's practically a historic document of life during the smiley-face button era. |