- Starring: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard
- Summary: Richard Linklater directs this three-character ensemble piece set within the confines of a tawdry motor lodge in Lansing, Michigan. After 10 years apart, three disparate people come together to play out the unresolved drama of their final days in high school. (Lions Gate Films)
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Genre(s): Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 26
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Mixed: 7 out of 26
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Negative: 1 out of 26
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91Linklater has hardly been a slacker this year. I'll take the tricky confrontational babble of Tape over some of the gauzier soliloquies in ''Waking Life,'' but either way, he's a filmmaker in love with the music of talk, and let's bless him for that.
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60The action is confined to a single set and atmosphere is appropriately claustrophobic, but the image quality is harsh and flat. This accentuates the oppressive meanness of Vince's hotel room, but makes for some unpleasant viewing.
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20A typical student film with its arty angles, bad lighting and pretentious observations.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 2 out of 7
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