Everybody Wants Some!!'s reviews
Media reviews
Variety
Linklater indulges his characters? antics with such wild, free-flowing affection that you might miss the thoughtful undertow of this delightful movie: Few filmmakers have so fully embraced the bittersweet joy of living in the moment ? one that?s all the more glorious because it fades so soon.
The Telegraph
The characters often come across as immature dolts, but the film?s humane enough to recognise that?s all part of being 18.
Hitfix
'Everybody Wants Some!!' offers a mature and crystal-clear voice, a filmmaker of enormous muscle who makes it all look ridiculously easy.
Chicago Sun-Times
Linklater introduces us to an abundance of characters, but it?s a tribute to his writing (and the performances) that each of the baseball players has a distinct personality and story thread.
Indiewire
Endlessly charming and sneakily wise, 'Everybody Wants Some' epitomizes Linklater's unique ability to magnify human behavior with levity.
New York Times
'Everybody Wants Some' is more than just nostalgic. It?s downright utopian, a hormonal pastoral endowed with the innocent charm of a children?s book. There are plenty of movies about lust-addled youth, but it?s unusual to find one that feels truly wholesome.
The Hollywood Reporter
It's as honest and clear-eyed about the past as its predecessor, another in a filmography of unpredictable gems. It may be most like 'Dazed and Confused' in that the public could take a while to appreciate it for what it is.
El País
Linklater filmed with unprecedented authenticity his love letter to music, the football and the pinballs, (...) as if we were really to be in a 1980 film.
Fotogramas
He has strengthened his narrative transparency without losing his capacity of observation for telling detail and ability to build characters with effective and concise line.
Cinemanía
'All Right , All Right , All Right' . The spirit of 'Danzed and Confused' reaches in the 80s. Vicious, smiling and with an unforgettable character (...).
El Mundo
It's nostalgia, pure and simple, undistilled. (...) An almost folkloric but with a delicious tone of self-parody (...) small wonder eulogy.
Time
'Everybody Wants Some!!' is a seemingly straightforward picture that?s surprisingly stealthy in capturing the joy and exaltation of being an almost-adult but still feeling young, of messing around and messing up, of waiting and hoping for the chance to meet a guy or girl you really like.
The Wrap
May not achieve the lasting status of some of Linklater?s more acclaimed work, but there is something wonderful in watching a movie remain joyfully plotless.
The Guardian
If the lads were insufferable misogynistic pricks, 'Everybody Wants Some!!' would make for horrible viewing. Thankfully they?re all intensely lovable.
Los Angeles Times
The ostensible college comedy 'Everybody Wants Some!!' is like a stream that looks shallow but once you're in the middle of it reveals an unforeseen depth.
Screen Daily
Linklater does connect you with the fun that he must have had in those days. If you can take the testosterone, you?ll have a good time.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote