Dazed and Confused

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Dazed and Confused

R

1993

1h 43m

Comedy

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This coming-of-age film follows the mayhem of a group of rowdy teenagers in Austin, Texas, celebrating the last day of high school in 1976. The graduating class heads for a popular pool hall and joins an impromptu keg party, however star football player Randall Pink Floyd has promised to focus on the championship game and abstain from partying. Meanwhile, the incoming freshmen try to avoid being hazed by the seniors, most notably the sadistic bully Fred O'Bannion.

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Critics Consensus

Featuring an excellent ensemble cast, a precise feel for the 1970s, and a killer soundtrack, Dazed and Confused is a funny, affectionate, and clear-eyed look at high school life.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Sep 15, 2023

5/5

It’s a strange film in many ways, affectless and directionless, coolly refusing the usual dramatic beats and climactic moments, and as unreflective as MOR rock.

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Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

Mar 20, 2023

The meaninglessness of it all is the meaning of the film.

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Ben Thompson

Sight & Sound

Feb 6, 2020

Few of these people are going anywhere, but they are not going anywhere with style and dignity.

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Hayley Croke

Loud and Clear Reviews

Oct 25, 2024

4.5

The movie has such an effortless nature and a total sense of identity from the very start, making the characters and world that Linklater has built feel completely tangible and lived in.

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Mark Jackson

Epoch Times

Sep 30, 2024

4/5

This nostalgic, spot-on, and hilarious cult classic is Texas teens attempting to give themselves an adulthood rite-of-passage to escape 1970's suburban ennui. 

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Noah Berlatsky

Splice Today

Sep 25, 2023

Linklater, though, thinks everyone should have a chance to be who they are—or, like Mike briefly experimenting with being a tough guy, a chance to be who they aren’t.

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Beckham S

@beckhamstephenson 20 hrs ago

Dazed and Confused mainly works as a nostalgia trip for most people and a gaze into time for others. It's worth mentioning this is something that hasn't aged too well. Now, I generally enjoy movies in this loose layout, but Dazed and confused really didn't do it for me. It's at its funniest for maybe eight minutes, and then it declines from there. It runs into this plot about hazing rituals, which was entertaining. It loses track of itself someway through the movie and gets a little loopier as well as boring. Morally, this movie is kind of a can of worms. I think a large patch of that is noted to the characters engaging in so much predatory behavior-- but it makes no means to critique it. For example, Wooderson being a creep and seen that way, but Tony being framed as a savior to Sabrina. It's odd. All in all, I don't really care for Dazed and Confused, not my jam and not anything too impressive. Earns itself a point for a great soundtrack and cool cars.

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Evan P

@EliteShadow2001 Oct 21, 2026

I related to mitch the most reminds me growing up the part with the headphones or going out with your older mates just trying to expirence life getting high when you were young making memories that hit home for me<3 love this one love the 70s vibe they make a wooden bong in this too and it reminds me of my first ever bong i had didnt realise this was a classic as im from the uk when i found this one tho i knew i hit gold aha

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mark J

@RT17963877 Sep 28, 2026

Absolute favorite movie of all time. Great music. Great selection of cars.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 27, 2026

Dazed and Confused =a *4.5* star Movie!

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Oscar G

@RT07075153 Sep 27, 2026

Brilliant dive into the hallmark era capturing the everyday lives of multiple age ranges,contained in the movies ‘blury’ take at a plot wich mirrors the happenings of the movie.

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Morgan E

@morgansone Sep 27, 2026

It's one of my favorite movies; I've seen it more than 10 times hahaha

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Randall "Pink" Floyd

Wiley Wiggins

Mitch Kramer

Sasha Jenson

Don Dawson

Rory Cochrane

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Milla Jovovich

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Synopsis

This coming-of-age film follows the mayhem of a group of rowdy teenagers in Austin, Texas, celebrating the last day of high school in 1976. The graduating class heads for a popular pool hall and joins an impromptu keg party, however star football player Randall Pink Floyd has promised to focus on the championship game and abstain from partying. Meanwhile, the incoming freshmen try to avoid being hazed by the seniors, most notably the sadistic bully Fred O'Bannion.

Director: Richard Linklater
Producer: Richard Linklater, Sean Daniel, James Jacks
Screenwriter: Richard Linklater
Distributor: Universal Pictures, Gramercy Pictures
Production Co: Alphaville Films, Detour Filmproduction
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 10, 1993, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2024
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 24, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.0M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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