It may just be that I'm feeling incredibly sentimental this saturday night, but this film left me longing to have my whole life ahead of me like nothing has since dazed and confused.
Most of the teen movie stereotypes have been done away with here, and you're left with a pretty accurate portrayal of end of school antics, no-one tried to john hughes it up too much.
It probably wouldn't stand up to repeat viewing, the way dazed did, but I think that's mostly because of the timeframe, it's easier to believe a time you didn't live through.
That being said, I haven't seen anything that has encapsulated being young and wasted , yet still sort of green and innocent the way this movie did, in quite a while.
Particularly the waking up montage, I think we've all woken up as teenagers in fields at one time or another.This was pretty much, exactly how it felt. The ensemble cast was strong and no one came out on top as the protagonist, it definitely had a 90s indie feel to it, and I'm a sucker for that.
Watch it with other adults and wish for the days that were.