Dazed and Confused

You know I watched this movie and even though nothing much happens, I was so invested in the characters and their personalities, I didn't care at all. This is just a snapshot of a particularly fun night in the lives of a group of drunk and stoned, but generally good hearted, mid-70's youngsters. I guess I can buy the way critics hail this as some kind of coming-of-age story, but it all seems like posturing to make it seem like they've interpreted it in some deeper fashion than I did. It looked a lot to me like a documenting of one night out in the suburbs. The characters are all appealing in their own way, but I enjoyed Matthew McConaughey's "Wooderson" more than the others. Very funny. This is a good movie but it's significance seems overstated. It really wasn't even "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" deep.

This is a movie from 1993 depicting high school life in 1976. In addition to Matthew McConaughey, there are so many other actors in this who were not well-known during the time this movie was made. That alone makes this a great movie to watch with your friends who grew up in the 90s. See if you can spot the young faces, without looking up the cast names here on Trakt or IMDB. I also came to know that Dazed and Confused was director Richard Linklater's first studio production. I've been a fan of Richard Linklater since I first saw Before Sunset.