Set in the suburbs of Austin, Texas in 1976, Dazed and Confused is an updated version of American Graffiti with a bit of Animal House thrown in.It is set in the last day of school, the incoming freshmen are already being bullied by the older students with cricket bats, even the female students are being hazed. One of the seniors is trying to hold a party but his parents catch them as booze is being delivered.The film does not have much of a plot but it has a great soundtrack. It is an early work by Richard Linklater and features early roles from Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, Adam Goldbeg and Matthew McConaughey.It is an ensemble price with geeks, bullies, high school footballers, hot girls, nerdy girls, potheads, womanisers. I was never fully engaged with the movie as being from the UK, that kind of high school activity was not something I could relate to.

Richard Linklater's 1993 film Dazed and Confused is seemingly a look back at the high school days of a bunch of 1970's students (both freshmen and seniors). The entire point of this film eluded me - was Linklater merely reliving his youth? And the script for this film was probably written on the back of a postage stamp but hey ho I'll try and give a full and fair review here...Well to begin with there is no story and no real point to anything that happens here; it seems to be a case of the cool kids belittling or picking on the freshmen kids with occasional moments of the freshmen getting their revenge on the cool kids. You can understand this at the start of the film, but it starts to get repetitive and more and more pointless as it goes along. Everyone gets high and just randomly cruises around and in an attempt to try and give insight we get students discussing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln - you know cos they're not all like stupid man!!!The film attempts some coming-of-age commentary with one character Mitch, but it's not handled very well and doesn't really seem important to Linklater - he's much more interested in general debauchery than anything else.In retrospect, the film has well-known established actors (like Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey and Mila Jovovich). If this crap is their springboard then they should consider themselves lucky to have gotten to where they have now - Affleck is OK and plays the same sort of jerk that he played in Mallrats. McConaughey is better than this sporting a terrible haircut and a look of a 1970's pornstar - was this intentional? Mila Jovovich is barely given anything to do and I'd be surprised if she acknowledges this as a high point in her career.This picture has no depth, no fun, and nothing much to say and I couldn't help but feel that this was merely a trippy trip back down memory lane for Linklater. In truth you'd probably have to be stoned like the title characters in order to find this crap-fest enjoyable.

wow this is the worst movie of all time. i saw its name in comedy genre and decided to watch it.that was a mistake.it ain't a comedy. there should be a genre named NON COMEDY for movies like this.. this is so bad i couldn't believe it ended without any ending. bunch of stupid highschoolers dream walking for a day and it is supposed to be funny. i was hoping for drastic last few minutes to ignore the torture throughout the movie but they never came. i couldn't understand a word in the beginning and the situation never improved. piece of sh#t.

"Dazed & Confused" is a coming of age movie for one notable teenager who experiences natural carnal awakenings over the course of three heated summer months, from discarding perfidious virginity to partying all night long, and a prospective Football player who refuses to be rushed, and just wants to spend some time with his loser stoner friends. All taking place in the 70's, an evocative transportal for those who can appreciate it, from familiar experiences in clothing, automobiles, speech, terminology, mannerisms, architecture and automobiles, to music and hairstyles.School's out for remmus, and the senior cretin jocks are out to get the scrubs, or freshmen, for a veritable rite of passage into full herd prominence. A party is thwarted, so it's off to find another location, where everyone finally congregates to copulate, compete, and ingest large amounts of liquor, nicotine, and various amounts of narcotics in a nest of human and environmental nature. Even KISS makes an appearance in mannequin form! For those who resonate with retrovolutionary presentations / visualizations, this film is sure to transport the viewer into a most amusing time warp! ∞