Dazed and Confused Reviews
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.
Kansas City Kansan
Classic Linklater high schooler story with great characters.
| Original Score: 4/5
