Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey, Nicky Katt

A group of suburban slackers hang out in front of the 7-11 and await the arrival of a former friend who has gone on to become a rock star.

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R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Directed by: Richard Linklater

Release Date: February 7, 1997

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  • April 27, 2007
    I saw this years ago when I was a completely different person, so I freely admit I'd need to see it again before giving it a proper review. What 1997 Me though was that it was pretentious, really didn't go anywhere and that its soundtrack was so much better than the movie itself....( read more) It was like the asshole little brother of Singles or something. Oh, and for as smoking as Parker Posey was at the time, it didn't justify having to see Giovanni Ribisi's dick. I don't care how good an actor the guy's become.
  • June 22, 2008
    This is the only Richard Linklater film that I had yet to watch, because it still hasn't come out on DVD for some reason. I was able to catch it on IFC, and was mostly impressed. It seems like this was in some ways Linklater trying to do the opposite of what he had been doing, as...( read more) he usually goes all over a given city in one of his movies, here he mostly sticks to a single location for this play adaptation. Still he tackle most of the common themes of Linklater's early films like youth alienation and slacker mentality. Ultimately it's really just Linklater as usual, but that's not entirely bad.
  • December 15, 2007
    Crazy funny!
  • July 28, 2009
    Awesome, "fuck all the men"
  • July 21, 2009
    great soundtrack.. psychic hearts by thurston moore is one of my favs.
  • May 27, 2009
    One of my favorite movies ever. I'm not exactly sure why, but it's the one movie I still own on VHS while I wait for the (Criterion!) DVD to be released.
  • April 30, 2009
    richard linklater is a good director with great ideas and an impressive resume. i enjoyed this flick, even if on the talky side.
  • April 22, 2009
    I just watched my brother act this out in a play at his community college. He played the lead role Evan and did an excellent job. Now I gotta check this movie out and see just how well he did.
  • January 11, 2009
    the harsh realities of small town USA
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing

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  • putnama
    April 29, 2007
    man I remember I rented this with my grandparents, they werent to happy, but I thought this was pretty cool

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