The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
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.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
8 Aug 2011
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Bet it makes you wanna dance.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
8 Aug 2011
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Seriously funny, and shorn of any hint of nostalgia or wish-fulfilment, this is pretty much where it's at.
– Tom Charity,
Time Out,
16 Aug 2007
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A better-than-average teen movie but not much more, at least if you aren't a member of Linklater's generation.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
19 Jul 2007
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Dazed and Confused has an enjoyably playful spirit, one that amply compensates for its lack of structure.