Everybody Wants Some!!

Name: Everybody Wants Some!!
Genre: Comedy
Released: March 30, 2016
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 85
Cast: Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Zoey Deutch

2016

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 30, 2016 | R

Starring: Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Zoey Deutch

Summary: Set in the world of 1980s college life, Everybody Wants Some follows a group of college baseball players as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Get ready for the best weekend ever.

Director: Richard Linklater

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 117 min

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The Telegraph Robbie Collin

May 12, 2016

The characters often come across as immature dolts, but the film’s humane enough to recognise that’s all part of being 18. Read full review

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Dan Kois

Mar 31, 2016

Like Clueless or Breakfast at Tiffany’s, it’s a great American comedy, and like Boyhood and Dazed and Confused, another easygoing masterpiece from our reigning auteur of hidden depths. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Mar 11, 2016

Endlessly charming and sneakily wise, Everybody Wants Some!! epitomizes Linklater's unique ability to magnify human behavior with levity. Read full review

The Playlist Charlie Schmidlin

Mar 12, 2016

The strength of Linklater’s films have always been their ability to capture the textures of lived experience, and Everyone Wants Some!! is no different in that regard: it is a confident, hugely enjoyable return to a universe that treats the connection to “Dazed and Confused” not as an obligation or cash grab, but as inspiration to match that film’s level of energy and cast chemistry. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Apr 4, 2016

Linklater barely puts a foot wrong, and he shows that a movie about happiness can be cogent and robust, rather than sappy or wispy; and yet, for all its gambolling mischief, Everybody Wants Some!! leaves us with plenty to rue. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Apr 8, 2016

Emotionally, Linklater’s recreation of August 1980 is spot-on. Sure, there are a few anachronistic cheats (how many college-goers in 1980 had a VCR in their room?) but the tone is just about perfect. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Apr 21, 2016

If this project is some kind of huge in-joke, I’m willing to admit I didn’t get it. But if I did get it (and I’m afraid I did), it’s a huge disappointment. Read full review

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FleshWorld

Apr 2, 2016

Don't be a freakin' fool and leave the movie before the credits are over. 90% of my theater missed a hilarious sequence to end the film. I'll probably end up seeing this thing like 10 times before it's all said and done. Probably the most quotable movie in the last 10 years. Just see theDon't be a freakin' fool and leave the movie before the credits are over. 90% of my theater missed a hilarious sequence to end the film. I'll probably end up seeing this thing like 10 times before it's all said and done. Probably the most quotable movie in the last 10 years. Just see the stupid thing, Beuter!… Expand

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JonZsu

Jun 27, 2016

Linklater proves it again that he is a master of long-lasting but still engaging dialogues. Everybody wants some of these: pure extract of fun pouring through a magnificent 80's funnel with all that funk, swag, ladies and guys. Everybody Wants Some!! surely delivered everything that usLinklater proves it again that he is a master of long-lasting but still engaging dialogues. Everybody wants some of these: pure extract of fun pouring through a magnificent 80's funnel with all that funk, swag, ladies and guys. Everybody Wants Some!! surely delivered everything that us requested, in an original yet nostalgic way.… Expand

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amheretojudge

Aug 17, 2018

something that not everybody gets..

Everybody Wants Some!! 4 Out Of 5 Everybody Wants Some!! is a character driven hilarious drama about a new add-on to the group of guys who blends in before the college even starts. First and foremost, it's a Linklater movie; it's sassy, it's 80's, it'ssomething that not everybody gets..

Everybody Wants Some!!

4 Out Of 5

Everybody Wants Some!! is a character driven hilarious drama about a new add-on to the group of guys who blends in before the college even starts. First and foremost, it's a Linklater movie; it's sassy, it's 80's, it's a revelation. His nature of seeking out its selective audience may have grown habitual to them but everytime he pulls out the rabbit from the hat, it leaves them in an awe of it with such mature ideology that it makes you think twice. The writing is smart, gripping, adaptive, elaborative and just plain fun throughout the course of it. Linklater's world may feel sketchy visually but its three dimensional characters (despite each of them are identified with a specific property, it somehow managed to achieve it) keeps it grounded. The music is seductive and the songs are up beating that elevates the momentum at its best; the boys singing on the car and the disco themed dance, it hits the perfect anticipated note. The costumes and the hair-styles and the accent and the references in each conversation; every little aspect of it demands attention; it is a delight to encounter such a breezy feature. The performance objective is the only weakness in here and don't get me wrong, it's not bad, it just isn't palpable to its strong writing. Linklater; the writer-director, has never been so robust and raw where the structure of the script may be transparent, but what a sight it is; pure elegance. The mannerism of the bonding, a conversation from the scratch and layered thought provoking policy are the high points of the feature that helps it enter the major league. Everybody Wants Some!! is something that not everybody gets but if taken seriously and read between the lines, you might find your mind blown away in its poetic tone.… Expand

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Ralfbergs

Oct 1, 2016

It was an enjoyable movie even though it didn't differ that much of the previous movie the director made depicting life in 70s. This one depicts life in 80s, but it is still much similar to previous one. Was interesting to watch even though the movie doesn't really tell us much or has a realIt was an enjoyable movie even though it didn't differ that much of the previous movie the director made depicting life in 70s. This one depicts life in 80s, but it is still much similar to previous one. Was interesting to watch even though the movie doesn't really tell us much or has a real ending or whatever. Even with all that it was quite an enjoyable and fun watch.… Expand

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TVJerry

May 4, 2016

Richard Linklater's films don't stress story. They focus on creating engaging characters and putting them in every day (but interesting) situations. In this case, it's college in the early 80s, where members of the baseball team party before the beginning of the semester. They visit 3 clubsRichard Linklater's films don't stress story. They focus on creating engaging characters and putting them in every day (but interesting) situations. In this case, it's college in the early 80s, where members of the baseball team party before the beginning of the semester. They visit 3 clubs (dance, western, punk), drink beer and smoke pot & attempt the coeds, all the while musing about life, baseball and fun. While the men are all attractive and some try to create memorable characters, none of them is especially compelling. Sure, the nostalgia is enjoyable and the guys are OK, but their rambling escapades (and dialogue) don't develop into the entertaining experience I was expecting. NOTE: Stay thru the early credits for a "rap" video featuring the team.… Expand

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GoTV32

May 6, 2016

Doesn't compare well to other Linklater. Some funny/cute moments but overall ho-hum run-through of a college baseball team. When it finally got to some "deep" moments I was just worn out and a bit bored by the movie. Frankly I'm surprised by the raves, and this one (in combination with theDoesn't compare well to other Linklater. Some funny/cute moments but overall ho-hum run-through of a college baseball team. When it finally got to some "deep" moments I was just worn out and a bit bored by the movie. Frankly I'm surprised by the raves, and this one (in combination with the great Metacritic reviews of the Revenant and the Witch) finally made feel like I have to weigh in online. Movies just don't hold a candle to the great TV shows out there now...maybe it's the running time limits.… Expand

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djalex

Sep 21, 2017

I am a Linklater fan but not a fan of this. On the + side it does leave you with a bit of feeling nostalgic for what may have happened for you in real life but only because you are saying to yourself "thats not what it was like in a punk club i the 80's" at the screen. It has smudges ofI am a Linklater fan but not a fan of this. On the + side it does leave you with a bit of feeling nostalgic for what may have happened for you in real life but only because you are saying to yourself "thats not what it was like in a punk club i the 80's" at the screen. It has smudges of Linklater's touch that you might have wanted when you sought out this film to watch. The major problem out of many is Its full of cliches borrowed from the movies and its not based on any reality. its like a commercial for an adolescent fantasy for what some kids older brother may have been doing in the 80's based on the bulls**t stories he overheard him tell people to impress them. At best It gives you the feeling you are watching a teen sexploitation film from the 80's that ran on hbo on a loop so you got used to it and liked it because it reminded you of when you were 12 and that film was always on. None of the college age characters look their age. Every single woman is a babe who's purpose is to be chased for sex or is to deny sex to the men. I dont mind that their is no story because thats what linklater is able to usually pull off ( a kind of moment in time without the annoying hollywood narrative overdrive). I can't remember a single character's name and had a hard time remembering the differences between them. It was an effort to listen to them talk about what they cared about or to care about them at all. Every setting is a film set that has no basis in reality. If this movie was in a different genre handled by a different director these overly fake sets, settings and wardrobe could be seen as forced on purpose to make a point about Americas love for its idea of itself. But this isn't that genre or type of film or the point at all. The poor directing, casting (not the actors performances but their obvious age discrepency) art direction, props and wardobe are not serving anything but to make a really insulated limited film in the same way a tv commercial or music video is made simply to sell one emotion and associate it with a cheap product that needs to fly off the shelves fast. I would love to see a filmmaker who criticizes hollywood and Americas addiction to its fake narratives about itself make a response to this type of cliche factory that is Everybody Wants Some. What would it be like if Paul Verhoven made this film with these same terrible choices the way he did with Starship Troopers to mock hollywood while making hollywood, thereby, both succeeding in the genre while simultaneously mocking it and the audience for buying into it. Or it would be great to see a dark response to this cliche filmmaking with a film by Michael Haneke or Von Trier showing the destructiveness of these boring cliches being forced down our throats over and over. Everybody Wants Some has a few charms if you do the work to extract them from its horrible media cliches. This film is not nostalgia for anything that can be believed to have happened in real life its simply a post card from bad 80's movies about bad 80's college movies and it feels like a commercial about that post card. Shallow dead pop with little entertainment value in dialogue, sequences or events of any kind.… Expand

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