This film is Linklater doing a very similar formula to Dazed and Confused. The only difference is that this story is set in the 80's and all of the characters are sport jocks. Dazed and confused is a fantastic movie that talks about high school social system, where most of the characters are outcasts, stoners, etc. The fact that this film is centered around this really popular and successful baseball players, makes the characters less likable. They have no struggle. It specially lacks that sense of realness DC had. The film is also about nothing, in a very oriental/beat generation inspired narrative. But the nothingness in Dazed and Confused is filled with empathy. Even dough I wasn't brought up in the 70's it didn't feel that different from the high school years I experienced. But Everybody Wants Some isn't remarkable in any way in which its spiritual predecessor was. The fake feeling it has through out the entire film is completely evident. Even their clothes are always new. There is no sense that this characters are actually living this era, it just seems fake and ends up failing as a film that tries to capture one point in time (the 80's) and one moment in life (college).
Review of Everybody Wants Some!!
