Everybody Wants Some!!
From Richard Linklater (Boyhood) comes this ensemble comedy set in a 1980s college, billed as the "spiritual sequel" to Linklater's classic Dazed and Confused (1993). Follows a group of young baseball players navigating their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. The title is taken from the 1980 Van Halen single.
- Director:
- Richard Linklater ('Boyhood', 'Before Sunset', 'Dazed and Confused', 'Bernie', 'School of Rock')
- Writer:
- Richard Linklater
- Cast:
- Zoey DeutchGlen PowellTyler HoechlinRyan GuzmanWyatt RussellDora MadisonBlake JennerJonathan BreckCourtney TailorWill Brittain
Reviews & comments
A tale of boys with puerile genital fixations and barely-covered girls who exist only for the male sex drive.
The 'nostalgia coming of age' film portrays the times and events that define a person as they progress through life's rites of passage. They share similarities with the historical bio-pic in trying to capture the look and mood of times gone by but without the historically important people. An example of one that works brilliantly is Richard Linklater's...
Variety
pressLinklater indulges his characters’ antics with such wild, free-flowing affection that you might miss the thoughtful undertow of this delightful movie...
Time Out
pressA hilarious, deeply relaxed comedy about male bonding, Richard Linklater’s baseball-minded latest ranks right up there with his masterpieces.
The Telegraph
pressThe characters often come across as immature dolts, but the film’s humane enough to recognise that’s all part of being 18.
The Guardian
pressIf the lads were insufferable misogynistic pricks, Everybody Wants Some!! would make for horrible viewing. Thankfully they’re all intensely lovable.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIt's as honest and clear-eyed about the past as its predecessor, another in a filmography of unpredictable gems.
Empire Magazine
pressA perfectly pitched blast of nostalgia, which will transport you to that time in life when the future stretched before you and anything seemed possible.
Variety
pressLinklater indulges his characters’ antics with such wild, free-flowing affection that you might miss the thoughtful undertow of this delightful movie...
Time Out
pressA hilarious, deeply relaxed comedy about male bonding, Richard Linklater’s baseball-minded latest ranks right up there with his masterpieces.
The Telegraph
pressThe characters often come across as immature dolts, but the film’s humane enough to recognise that’s all part of being 18.
The Guardian
pressIf the lads were insufferable misogynistic pricks, Everybody Wants Some!! would make for horrible viewing. Thankfully they’re all intensely lovable.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIt's as honest and clear-eyed about the past as its predecessor, another in a filmography of unpredictable gems.
Empire Magazine
pressA perfectly pitched blast of nostalgia, which will transport you to that time in life when the future stretched before you and anything seemed possible.
A tale of boys with puerile genital fixations and barely-covered girls who exist only for the male sex drive.
The 'nostalgia coming of age' film portrays the times and events that define a person as they progress through life's rites of passage. They share similarities with the historical bio-pic in trying to capture the look and mood of times gone by but without the historically important people. An example of one that works brilliantly is Richard Linklater's...
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