Dazed And Confused Details

The Best Comedy of the 90's

When ‘Dazed and Confused’ came out in 1993 it was a revelation. Seventies-kitch had been seen before (check ‘The Simpsons’), but it was not nearly as huge as it is now (check ‘That Seventies Show’). Beyond the soundtrack and the hair though, the real revelation was the feel. Quentin Tarantino says, that when he puts in ‘Dazed and Confused’ he is “hanging out with some friends.” This is precisely the glory of the movie. Following dozens of characters over the course of eighteen or so hours, D & C puts you in the nerve center of a high school social circle. Jocks, nerds, wannabes, stoners, and dropouts all circle around with their own tiny hopes and dreams, and the camera watches them with no other agenda than to show you the human side of late-teenage life. There is no high concept behind ‘Dazed and Confused’ (except perhaps the concept of showing people get high).

‘Dazed and Confused’ centers around (but never exclusively on) the high-school quarterback Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd, who is friends with everyone, but is never fake for a moment. Pink’s dilemma is a moral one, (whether or not to lie to the coach and say he won’t do drugs), and his struggle with the problem shows us his goodness and idealism. It’s a ‘Catcher in the Rye’ for the next generation – and it's twice as much fun as that book ever was.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Bored the ass off me!!!!!!!!

It would be ok if it only lasted half an hour, but unfortunatly this wasnt the case! Nothing much really happens, and i did find myself watching just to see what the big lesson at the end would be...........i'm still waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!