A day in the lives of a group of teenagers in the Summer of '76. The way Milla licks a joint. Randy "Pink" Floyd, the movie character I always wanted to be. Erotic-Abe-Lincoln dreams. A Neo-McCarthyism pledge-sheet. Slater-alligator. Never tell your friends to take it easy on your kid brother. Making a bong in shop-class. Alright you Freshman fucks listen up. War stories from your teacher. Running to protect your ass. O'Bannion is a dumb-shit and a piss-poor choice to play the next Batman. Mel's Soul Pole. Ducks on a pond. Having your mommy save your ass. Air-raid you little Freshman bitches. A spit-or-swallow marriage proposal. The worst fuckin' time for the keg-of-beer delivery guy to show up at your…

Ok, wait a second, let me pick my jaw up from the floor.

Dazed and Confused is another masterpiece from Richard Linklater, whose work has continued to impress. While this isn't as incredible as Boyhood, It's still one of the finest films made about both high-school and the never-ending twilight of youth.

The "story" is nothing. There is really no story. What we have here is a set of miniature character arcs that all take place within a single 24 hour period; the last day of school specifically. The seniors go and try to initiate the incoming freshman, they drink, they smoke weed, they party; and this is basically it. Yet, despite that, Dazed and Confused is monstrously entertaining. The…

movie starts off with you following a few groups of people around, and you watch them start to intermingle and grow apart, and then they come together before going their separate ways. this is a movie that understands teenagers (and i wish i could say this in a way that doesn’t come off as pretentious, but you’re just going to have to deal with it). it doesn’t talk down to us. i love these kinds of movies.

every generation seems to think theirs is worse than the last. we’re all living in the past or we’re all living in the future. indulging memories or planning. there’s not really an in-between because we’re so busy forgetting we’re supposed to be livin’.…

The best movie about nothing you’ll ever see full stop. 

We follow an ensemble cast of characters through the night on the last day of school. There’s weed, beer, and a kickass party at the moon tower. 

On the surface, Dazed is just another high school period piece/ party film. However, looking under the surface, we find a film that truly, in some way, shape, or form, manages to connect with some deeper notion of the high school experience for everybody. Regardless of how one’s experience in high school was, the characters presented to us are undeniably relatable on some fundamental level whether that be in an idiomatic or literal sense.  

In this way, Dazed offers us a chance…