Synopsis: May 28, 1976. The last day of school in Austin, Texas. The next year’s seniors and the incoming class of freshmen rock and roll all night. And party every day. That’s really the gist of it.
Review: One of my favorite high school movies of all time, Dazed and Confused features a delightful cast of bell-bottomed, beer drinking, pot smoking 1970s teens. From Randall “Pink” Floyd (Jason London), the handsome football star, to Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins), the leader of the freshman pack, each character is well realized and entertaining. Keep an eye out for Ben Affleck as O’Bannion, the paddle-wielding jerk, and indie doll Parker Posey as Darla Marks, the widow-peaked evil doer.
Matthew McConaughey steals the show with his bit part as Wooderson, the guy who graduated years ago, but who still loves hanging with the kids. Every small town has one. “That’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.”
A perfect time capsule for the era; I guess that would make it a period piece now. Incredible soundtrack, too. If you update the hairstyles and clothing, I’m sure these same kids will be starting school in the fall of 2013. That's the sign of a great movie. A movie about the 70s, made in the 90s, and still relevant and funny twenty years later.
Little known random fact: The word “man” is said 203 times in the movie. No one called anyone “dude” in 1976.
WUB rating: Five out of five WUBS.
Martha Washington was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.
See you in my Netflix queue!
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