Review of Dazed and Confused (1993) by Catherine B — 14 Dec 2018

I might be one of the few not enamored with Dazed and Confused. There isn't much to this picture. The storyline is minimal and the characters' personalities are as hazy as the marijuana-drenched atmosphere.

What Linklater does exceptionally well is open the door on an era seventeen years in the past. This is 1976, from the music and cars (which combined cost a huge chunk of the $6 million budget), to the people and their attitudes.

You'd have to climb into a time machine to get a better view. This is light entertainment -- nothing groundbreaking or even especially noteworthy. This film was made to celebrate a dead culture, and those who were part of it, or are merely curious, will find a path into the past through it.

Unfortunately, due to the weakness of the script, they won't find anything substantial there.