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Dazed and Confused

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This coming-of-age film follows the mayhem of group of rowdy teenagers in Austin, Texas, celebrating the last day of high school in 1976. The graduating class heads for a popular pool hall and joins an impromptu keg party, however star football player Randall Pink Floyd (Jason London) has promised to focus on the championship game and abstain from partying. Meanwhile, the incoming freshmen try to avoid being hazed by the seniors, most notably the sadistic bully Fred O'Bannion (Ben Affleck).
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Featuring an excellent ensemble cast, a precise feel for the 1970s, and a killer soundtrack, Dazed and Confused is a funny, affectionate, and clear-eyed look at high school life.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 09/15/2023
5/5
It’s a strange film in many ways, affectless and directionless, coolly refusing the usual dramatic beats and climactic moments, and as unreflective as MOR rock. Go to Full Review
Chuck Bowen Slant Magazine 03/20/2023
The meaninglessness of it all is the meaning of the film. Go to Full Review
Ben Thompson Sight & Sound 02/06/2020
Few of these people are going anywhere, but they are not going anywhere with style and dignity. Go to Full Review
Hayley Croke Loud and Clear Reviews 10/25/2024
4.5
The movie has such an effortless nature and a total sense of identity from the very start, making the characters and world that Linklater has built feel completely tangible and lived in. Go to Full Review
Mark Jackson Epoch Times 09/30/2024
4/5
This nostalgic, spot-on, and hilarious cult classic is Texas teens attempting to give themselves an adulthood rite-of-passage to escape 1970's suburban ennui.
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Noah Berlatsky Splice Today 09/25/2023
Linklater, though, thinks everyone should have a chance to be who they are—or, like Mike briefly experimenting with being a tough guy, a chance to be who they aren’t. Go to Full Review
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Rajarishik B 4d A very good coming up age flim . It is more than a college graduation party. It holds memories and the significance of the place,time and the moment in which we live in. See more Iamwhoi M Jan 1 IRL, I would've been one of the incoming freshmen in the year this movie is set. This movie, with no close competitors, is the most closely relatable to being a teenager in that period of time.....with the exception of the paddles. That was not a thing where I grew up. This movie boasts the best soundtrack, bar none, although, I say ditch the Dylan song and replace it with ANY Bad Company song....they did just fine, even though Robert Plant wouldn't agree to letting them put "Rock & Roll" in. To critics of this film, lighten your ass up. If you weren't there, you wouldn't understand; and not a chance in hell I'd rather have grown up in your lame af time than mine. This movie is a step back in time to some very fun times, when the music was sooooo much better. See more James M @LizardKing75 Dec 20 Having been a teenager in the early 90s this film seems so very familiar to me, even though its set almost 20 years earlier. It had the same vibe as my youth, just driving around on a Friday night, with nothing to do and nowhere to go, just chilling with friends, listening to music and drinking beers. I think Tarantino said it best, its the ultimate "Hang out" movie. Enjoy your youth kids, it will be gone before you know it! See more Joy b @9mr_0 Dec 18 جيد طاقم قوي اغلبهم اليوم نجوم لكن القصة ضعيفه جدا التصوير جيد و اخراج جيد See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Nov 19 Only recently did I realize McConaughey was in this. It was a weird movie that like Fast Times at Ridgemont high, goes nowhere. But that's the point. See more Nicola B @Nikkyb Nov 4 Solid nostalgia feel good movie, stellar ensemble cast, fabulous soundtrack. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis This coming-of-age film follows the mayhem of group of rowdy teenagers in Austin, Texas, celebrating the last day of high school in 1976. The graduating class heads for a popular pool hall and joins an impromptu keg party, however star football player Randall Pink Floyd (Jason London) has promised to focus on the championship game and abstain from partying. Meanwhile, the incoming freshmen try to avoid being hazed by the seniors, most notably the sadistic bully Fred O'Bannion (Ben Affleck).
Director
Richard Linklater
Producer
Richard Linklater, Sean Daniel, James Jacks
Screenwriter
Richard Linklater
Distributor
Universal Pictures, Gramercy Pictures
Production Co
Alphaville Films, Detour Filmproduction
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 10, 1993, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Sep 29, 2024
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 24, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.0M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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