Dazed and Confused Reviews
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Has the look and spirit of the time down pat. Unfortunately it captures only the worst of the typical misogynistic, foul mouthed druggie losers of the period.
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| Original Score: C
IGN DVD
The film transcends the common barriers and becomes a living spiritual entity, encompassing the essence and tone of an era.
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| Original Score: 9/10
Scene-Stealers.com
It may have seemed like a movie that was out of time, but it turned out to be perfectly in sync with the restlessness of the early 90s as well.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Film4
Like the moustache sported by Matthew McCounaughey's character, Dazed And Confused is sleazy, amusing and quite, quite awesome.
The teenage wasteland, 1976-style, of Dazed and Confused is smack-dab between The Brady Bunch and Children of the Damned , and it's a scary, if sometimes giddily amusing, place to visit.
Empire Magazine
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Common Sense Media
Plenty of drug use with very little consequence.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Time Out
Top CriticSeriously funny, and shorn of any hint of nostalgia or wish-fulfilment, this is pretty much where it's at.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
An affectionate but unsentimental recreation of suburban teen culture in the rock -- and pot -- drenched 70s.
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| Original Score: 3/4
A better-than-average teen movie but not much more, at least if you aren't a member of Linklater's generation.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A slightly above average plotless teen film filled with nostalgia.
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| Original Score: B-
Bullz-Eye.com
The film is actually like high school, and not a movie about high school. There's a big difference, and that's why the film has quickly become one of the biggest cult classics of the last twenty years.
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| Original Score: 4/5
EmanuelLevy.Com
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.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Q Network Film Desk
Linklater set out to make a film that was, in its own way, timeless, and the passing of years has only reinforced his against-the-odds success.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
DVDTalk.com
Dazed and Confused is a perfect movie. It flawlessly captures the spirit of the '70s while arguing for a clear universality in the high school experience.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Cinema em Cena
O tom nostálgico, embalado por uma trilha impecável, confere um charme irresistível ao filme.
| Original Score: 4/5
Time Out New York
Top CriticSeriously funny, and shorn of any hint of nostalgia or wish-fulfilment, this is pretty much where it's at.
Film Threat
Hysterically Funny and ultimately enriching, "Dazed and Confused" takes some pretty genuine themes - rebelling, the thought of growing up too fast, and life after school - and spices it with a nice blend of wired humour.
| Original Score: 4/5
Combustible Celluloid
Not only portrays flawlessly a 24-hour period on the last day of school in 1976, but it captures the crushing boredom of a small town.
