Everybody Wants Some!!

While Everybody Wants Some!! isn't a great movie, there is something comforting about its predictability, self-awareness, and ability to basically recapture the plot of every single end-of-school-year/beginning-of-school-year teen/early 20s storyline.

The movie respects its audience in a way few of these coming-of-age comedies ever do, and while not a home run for Linklater, it's still a solid triple off the wall I'm certain to still be cheering for throughout the remainder of 2016.

There's no storyline. The script just drifts from one vignette to the next as the boys cruise around, ogling girls, haunting the campus night spots and staging a party while their house does its best to remain standing under their assaults.

Despite its easygoing spirit, Everybody is tightly structured, framed by four parties and a countdown clock to the start of classes. For a movie that's pretty much about nothing, it's incredibly well-paced and never overstays its welcome.

It's as if Linklater is bound by a bro code that obliges him to present these guys in a basically uncritical light.

Linklater has audaciously made a movie about our most maligned subset of young men -- bros -- and forced us to admit that we actually like them.

A meandering, conversational, yet completely rewatchable joy of masculine college innocence.

…even if the sports movie is a generally a turn-off for you, there’s lots here to enjoy, from a young, hip cast to a typically eclectic soundtrack…

In spite of its somewhat domesticated style, the film doesn't suffer from fascinating internal tensions. [Full review in Spanish]

Outside of very brief dashes of existential reflection on team-building and proper courtship, we simply watch these guys operate and clown around during an endless schedule of soirees for two hours, and that easy breeze is just fine.