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Information
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 97 min.
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Rating *
- 7.1
- Votes *
- 11,829
- Checks
- 5,520
- Favs
- 347
- Dislikes
- 77
- Favs/checks
- 6.3% (1:16)
- Favs/dislikes
- 5:1
Top comments
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kellyoung
A movie about real life: Slow, mundane, and full of people who keep talking even when they have nothing interesting to say. 12 years 11 months ago -
stefenemie
Very uneven, to say the least. I see glimpses of Linklater's late work, but this just doesn't grab me. I wish it did. I really love most of what I have seen by him. Several of the conversations are quite entertaining. However, after about an hour, I found myself hoping it would end soon. At some points this feels like a pretentious college hipster movie, but I won't reduce it to that. I honestly would have liked it better if the stronger segments were made into a short film. 11 years 1 month ago -
numbernine
Fantastic. Evidently not for everyone, but if you're into realism, this film will give you a window into life at that specific place and time, among those specific people. In fact, I do not think I have ever seen a film that manages to capture a specific reality more successfully than this one. 12 years 8 months ago
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This movie ranks #78 in Scott Tobias's The New Cult Canon
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This movie ranks #80 in BFI's 100 American Independent Films
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This movie ranks #291 in The Criterion Collection
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This movie ranks #617 in Library of Congress's National Film Registry
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This movie ranks #821 in The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die
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This movie ranks #821 in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
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This movie ranks #834 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films: 1001-2500
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This movie ranks #1109 in Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life
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