Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
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Critic Consensus: Nostalgic in the best sense, Everybody Wants Some!! finds Richard Linklater ambling through the past with a talented cast, a sweetly meandering story, and a killer classic rock soundtrack.
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Cast
as Jake
as McReynolds
as Willoughby
as Roper
as Beverly
as Billy Autrey
as Finnegan
as Dale Douglas
as Nesbit
as Coma
as Plummer
as Alex Brumley
as Jay
as Val
as Punk
as Coach Gordon
as Country Girl
as Bev's Friend
as Mud Wrestling Champion
as Buxom Coed
as Debra
as Young Lady at Oz
as Twister Coed
as Friend of Buxom Coed
as Sound Machine Patron
as #1 Cute Coed
as Sound Machine Patron
as McReynold's Girl
as Two Step Dancer
as Sound Machine Manager
as Sound Machine Doorman
as Sound Machine Patron/College Student
as Two-Step Dancer
as Car Driver/Pedestrian
as Autrey's Friend
as Sound Machine Patron
as Pool Hall Patron/Country Dancer/Coed
as Country Girl #1
as Justin
as Finn's Girl
as Michelle
as Two Step Dancer
as Disco Dancer/Sound Machine
as Bar Patron
as Driver/Pedestrian
as College Student
as College Student
as Coed
as Angie
as Driver
as Girlfriend
as Grandma Bearcat
as Cathy
as Sound Machine Patron
as Sound Machine Patron
as Sound Machine Patron
as Sound Machine Waitress
as College Student/Sound Machine Patron
as Queen of Hearts
as Matt Hatter
as Parent
as Howard
as College Student/Two Step Dancer
as LeaAnn
as Wholesome DJ
as Oz Party Girl #2
as Sound Machine Patron
as Cowboy
as Disco Moose
as Hot Girl #1 at Soundmachine
as Band Sound Man
as Oz Party Guest
as Frat Guy
as Frat Guy
as Wild Disco Dancer
as Disco Dancer
as Country Dancer
as Bar Patron
as Sound Machine Patron
as Eaton-Townsperson
as Dance Club Patron
as Disco Dancer
as Country Bar Patron
as Suzi
as Disco Dancer/Smoothfeet
as Morgan-Cannibal Club Patron
as Mad Hatter
as Elaine
as Elaine
as Bar Patron
as College Student
as Student Government President
as Sound Machine Patron
as Student
as Two Step Dancer
as Coed
as Sound Machine Patron/Disco Dancer
as Punk Rocker
as Pool Hall Student
as Bar Patron
as Pool Hall Student
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Critic Reviews for Everybody Wants Some!!
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[Linklater's] light touch remains a marvel. Though his characters are often just bouncing from conversation to conversation, night out to night out, the film's direction is never lackadaisical.
Imagine "Porky's" as an intelligent character study and you're on the right path.
Another love letter to the magic hour of adolescence from director Richard Linklater.
Can only be described in the same way you might talk about college jocks -- attractive, dumb and charming, against your better judgment.
Although this may be "lesser" Linklater, it's still more enjoyable than a lot of what's currently available in theaters.
What everybody wants in Everybody Wants Some!! is not just sex and success on the field. It's what we all want. It's time.
Audience Reviews for Everybody Wants Some!!
I have never been one to hide my admiration for director Richard Linklater. I've always found him to be a hugely talented filmmaker and he's always struck me as a very intelligent and savvy individual. Whenever a new project of his arrives, I'm always filled with anticipation, especially one that's been mentioned in the same breath as his indie classic Dazed and Confused. Why is it then, that Everybody Wants Some!! left me with ever so slight feelings of disappointment? This could simply be explained by having very high expectations so for that reason I waited until I watched the film again before making any final judgements on it. Turns out, my opinion didn't change. Everybody Wants Some!! has many great qualities but it doesn't quite hit the heights of its predecessor. Plot: As he enters college in the 1980's, freshman Jake (Blake Jenner) meets his other, hard partying, college baseball players where he learns to navigate his way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Linklater himself described Everybody Wants Some!! as a "spiritual sequel" to his 1994 indie classic Dazed and Confused. Where Dazed was set in a high-school in the 70's, now we take a look at the 80's and our characters entering their college years. In many ways, it feels like a continuation of the story except for the fact that the characters are no longer the same. This time we're introduced to an assortment (and predominantly male) cast of characters and the camaraderie is almost as infectious as we witnessed in Linklater's earlier film. What's most apparent, however, is Linklater's keen eye for the period and his attention to detail on the style and sound of the 80's is brilliantly realised. As the film is loosely autobiographical, Linklater has a solid handling on the proceedings as he reminisces about his own experiences while being involved in a baseball team in his school years; he captures the competitive nature among young men and fully realises the different personalities from an impressive ensemble. The one glaring omission, however, is the distinct lack of females; with the exception of Zoey Deutch there's really no other female character that has anything to do but be eye candy for the testosterone fueled males. If it wasn't so much fun watching these guys and Linklater hadn't put a light spin on events, then the film would be bordering on misogyny. Thankfully, it manages to escape this pitfall and delivers a hugely entertaining journey where a lengthy 2 hour running time just flies by. Not as accomplished as Dazed and Confused but it has enough style and innocent humour to keep the experience a pleasant one. Who knows, now that Linklater has covered the 70's and 80's, we might well get a 90's version somewhere down the line. He has been known to extend his stories; The Before Trilogy and his Oscar nominated, 12 year project Boyhood were ambitious but hugely successful works. It wouldn't be out of character for him and on the results so far, it would be a welcome completion to a vibrant trilogy. Time will tell. Mark Walker
Super Reviewer
Richard Linklater imagines baseball jocks as nice people in his nostalgic return to early 1970's U.S culture, as we are treated to 3 days with a baseball fraternity prior to the first day of college somewhere in Texas. If you can stomach the opening premise (for this nerd, jocks as nice people is like military intelligence, hard to believe ... and in Texas, no less), the rest ain't entirely so bad. It's a dream scenario of the early '70's presented with a classic rock soundtrack, the past with rose-colored lens set to maximum rose. But don't look too hard, or the flaws of this dream are readily apparent.
Super Reviewer
Like a thematic follow-up to Linklater's Dazed and Confused, this is an irresistible film that captures the energy of youth with a lot of nostalgia. Full review on filmotrope. com
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Everybody Wants Some!! Quotes
| Coach Gordon: | You're not in high school anymore. |
| McReynolds: | You're not in high school. |
| Nesbit: | This is different than high school. |
| Finnegan: | This isn't high school. |
| Willoughby: | Hey, this is not high school, man. |
| Coach Gordon: | You're not in high school anymore. |
| Plummer: | There are people here. |
| Finnegan: | Bibliography! Annotated! Highlight! Jake! |