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Dazed and Confused (1993) Rank 5 Reviews
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eFilmCritic.com (Ryan Arthur)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
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Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Linklater shreds the very fabric of what's expected in a teen comedy. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Linklater is a sly and formidable talent, bringing an anthropologist's eye to this spectacularly funny celebration of the rites of stupidity. His s**tfaced "American Graffiti" is the ultimate party movie -- loud, crude, socially irresponsible and totally ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
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Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
One of the most exciting movies of this, or any other, year. It's smart, funny, and wonderfully crafted and performed. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Entertainment Weekly (Ty Burr)
From 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. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Ty Burr)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Richard 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. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
The surprise lies in Linklater's ability to breathe so much fresh life into a tired formula...This is a picture that recollects not merely a period in time but a state of mind. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
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EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Linklater's first masterpiece--possibly his best film--presents an accurate collective portrait of youth circa 1976, which unfolds in a casual, spontaneous, and charming manner as interlaced tales of pranks and adventures. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Empire (Steve Beard)
Despite some gags which use the benefit of hindsight too much for their own good, this is a smart piece of filmmaking which suggests Linklater is already one of the more formidable talents of the 90s. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Empire (Steve Beard)
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Palo Alto Weekly (Neil Martin)
DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
If you own the old Fast Times at Ridgemont High DVD, there's really not a compelling reason to upgrade. I don't think I'd really even suggest moving up from the old Dazed and Confused disc unless you're a rabid completist who needs those deleted scenes, ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
A slightly above average plotless teen film filled with nostalgia. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
This is a good film, but it would not cheer people up much at a high school reunion. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Linklater ... examines a period when indulging in vices was viewed as a coming-of-age rite of passage rather than a life-threatening act of immorality. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The years between 13 and 18 are among the most agonizing in a lifetime, yet we remember them with a nostalgia that blocks out much of the pain. This is a truth well understood by "Dazed and Confused," Richard Linklater's film about the last day of school ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
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DVD Verdict (Brendan Babish)
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Dan Heaton)
he story seems all-too familiar: It's the last day of school and the kids are energized by the summer break. They spend the night driving around town, drinking and using drugs, searching for love, and ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Dan Heaton)
DVD MovieGuide
Set on the “last day of school” on May 28, 1976, we meet the students of Lee High School. The film spreads a broad net and involves many participants. However, a main focus becomes a declaration the football coach wants the players to sign. On it, ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
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Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
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DVDBeaver
America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen. A launching pad ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at DVDBeaver
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In Review (Adam Suraf)
Has there ever been a movie that so perfectly blends the shackle-free rebelliousness of Rock â€n’ Roll songs with the everyday mundane of getting through life than Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused”? Sure “Forrest Gump” uses classic ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at In Review (Adam Suraf)
Spirituality & Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
While watching Richard Linklater's (Before Sunset, The School of Rock) semi-autobiographical homage to his high school days in Dazed and Confused, it's almost impossible not to think about another film that similarly captured the essence of a time and pla ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Variety (Ken Eisner)
One-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. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Variety (Ken Eisner)
TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))
Expertly captures the details and textures of the time without condescending or lapsing into cheap-shot parody. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))
That Cow (B. Kiefer)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
What Linklater does exceptionally well is open the door on an era seventeen years in the past. This is 1976, from the music and cars...to the people and their attitudes. You'd have to climb into a time machine to get a better view...However, this is ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Disappointingly conventional though well-made...An OK teen movie, but not a whole lot more. ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Reverse Shot
Dazed and Confused seemed particularly fruitful quarry for our indulgence. By the time it came out on video, where it would gain its sizable cult, we were in our senior year of high school, a period that can best be described as a prolonged wallow in ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at Reverse Shot
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
At one time or another, a movie is made about every generation. Dazed and Confused is for the survivors of the 1970s: that group of Americans who came of age when bellbottoms, love beads, mantras, and marijuana were the fashion, drinking and driving hadn' ...read the complete Dazed and Confused movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
User Reviews
by Untitled "Irony, ... on November 20, 2009
In Quentin Tarantino's (REPRESENT! Oh sorry) list of the 12 best movies ever made, among Taxi Driver (hey, not a bad choice anyway), kung fu movies I've never heard of, Carrie, a blaxploitation film, and a Spaghetti Western, this movie almost seems out ...
by R. Richardson on October 14, 2009
what a fantastic movie! i have watched this dvd too many times to count and it never gets old. the setting: summer of 1976. going into their senior year, a group of teens have to deal with all sorts of problems. from football to freshman running for ...
by A. Azmudeh on August 18, 2009
Great movie from the 90's. You don't see stuff like this anymore in the movies with all these antismoking laws. Excellent acting! Good plot. ...
by Terri E. Woodrow ... on July 13, 2009
The delivery was prompt as promised. Cute Movie, reminds me of when I was growing up in the 70's. ...
by A. McAmis on July 09, 2009
Bought this dvd for my brother in law's birthday. He asked for this dvd and I couldn't find it anywhere in stores. Found it online at several different websites, but Amazon.com was definately the cheapest. ...
by Joanne Bohm on February 12, 2009
The item was a Christmas present for a granddaughter. It arrived when it was supposed to and she was delighted to receive it. ...
by Adrian Mesker "Li... on December 31, 2008
This one of my favorite movies, it never gets old, i only have the flashback edition but am lookin to get the good one, ha. if you havent seen this movie you need to buy it now. worth every penny....as slater would say "Check ya later!"
ps if anyone ...
by EtruscanTuscan "e... on November 24, 2008
This movie gets it all right. As a child of the 70s, I lived through it all and it's documented very well in this movie.
We didn't have hazing at my high school (thank God!), but everything else is just like what I went through. The constant pot ...
by Eugene Pownell II... on November 23, 2008
This movie is a classic, a great movie the high def quality was really good for an old movie. i'd definatly recomend ...
by F. Tricia Marie on September 21, 2008
Buy it. If you are considering this movie, have specifically come searching for this movie on here just do it. I had the regular version, had actually completely forgotten about this movie and then for some reason decided to watch it one day and fell ...
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