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| Jenner (center) on a bros’ night out |
“Has anyone ever loved college
as much as Richard Linklater?”
asked Allison Willmore in
BuzzFeed.com. The director’s
first comedy in years feels like
a spiritual sequel to Dazed and
Confused, his great ode to circa
1976 high school, but the new
movie makes life’s next chapter
look “addictively” idyllic. The
main characters are all players
on a 1980 Texas college baseball team—a collection
of “unapologetic bros.” But while most of them
have little on their minds beyond getting wasted
and getting laid, they turn out to be a surprisingly
endearing bunch. The movie is “bursting with
charismatic young actors,” said Michael Calore in
Wired.com. Blake Jenner plays
the new kid, a talented freshman
pitcher who’s being shown
the ropes by Glen Powell’s affable
senior, and both performers
are magnetic. There’s not much
driving the plot beyond the perpetual
competitiveness of these
dozen lunks. Even so, as egos
collide, “we can feel lifelong
friendships forming.” Though
some scenes meander, the movie “never drags,”
and it even manages to touch on some of life’s
deep mysteries, said Eric Kohn in IndieWire.com.
“Simple and profound in equal doses,” Everybody
Wants Some!! is “a poignant doodle” from one of
America’s most consistently thoughtful filmmakers.
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