I love Richard Linklater... I love him, I love him, I love him!!! Slacker, The "Before" Trilogy (Sunrise, Sunset, Midnight), SubUrbia, Waking Life, Tape, SCHOOL OF ROCK (!!), Bernie, Boyhood... I mean are you fucking kidding me?? He's potentially the most quintessential "Amercian" filmmaker working today, making each one of his projects from now on somewhat of an event, even if they're often extremely lax and almost completely unconcerned with typical film structure. His films simultaneously feel very "Texas" while remaining completely progressive and welcoming. He's just a goddamn master.
Described as the "spiritual sequel" to the 1993 stoner classic Dazed and Confused (another masterpiece from the director focusing on high schoolers on their last day of school in 1976), Everyone Wants Some!! follows a group of college baseball players in 1980 partying nonstop the weekend before class begins. Obviously, they're machismo-fueled losers desperate to get laid, but they simultaneously recognize their own ridiculousness, are shockingly openminded, and are completely determined to enjoy themselves as much as possible anyway, while also finding plenty of time to have legitimate philosophical discussions about their futures and the unnecessary competitive nature existing amongst them. It's such a fucking delight! I’m not totally sure how to fully rationalize the overwhelming happiness I experienced when watching this, but what I do know is that I immediately wanted to watch it again as soon as the credits began to roll.
This group of performers, including Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Glen Powell, Temple Baker, J. Quinton Johnson, Zoey Deutch, and more, might just be the oldest looking group of "college students" ever assembled in film history, but you get over that so quickly because the writing is so enjoyable.
It's easily my favorite film of the year so far, so definitely check it out ASAP!
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