Dazed and Confused (1993) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

[@jeremypage3370]

I hate to sound like old guy here, but it was like that back then. Hang out, smoke weed, friends and music were everything. No cell phones, no helicopter parents, no cyber bullying (no school shootings). Even the hazing, which brutal by today's standards, was all done as a good natured rite of passage. I know, it sounds really weird. But you took your hazing, and forgot about it an hour. I'm not going to say it was better back then, but very, very different. Have a good one guys.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

I agree with everything but the good natured bearings.

[@jeremypage3370]

@@YoureMrLebowski yeah, I was just speaking on my experience. I'm sure there were exceptions.

[@lucaschitwood4305]

I graduated in 98 and had a pretty similar experience growing up in a small town. It was great.

[@jeremypage3370]

@@lucaschitwood4305 yep. I graduated '90.

[@captinzoom]

I graduated in 99. It was like this

[@Jordashian93]

The ultimate hangout movie. Just a bunch of teenagers hanging out, smoking weed, drinking beer, and enjoying the first day of summer. Alright, Alright, Alright!

[@butkusfan23]

I always thought it was more about the conversations they had, finding your own voice, innocence being lost, growing up and being scared of the future or what you may or may not become, etc.

[@g.e.5723]

This is about summer '76. Juniors who will be Seniors in '77, (just like me). It amazes me how accurate nearly everything is. Clothes cars, the cliques, beer parties, the parents, everything. I love reliving the "Glory Days".

[@williamhayes3379]

As a TEXAN I can tell you that in 1976 the drinking age was 18 (they lowered it from 21 because they lowered the voting from 21 to 18). They raised it back to 21 in 1984

[@kenttaylor9238]

actually they raised it to 19 in 1984, then 21 in 1986. I was grandfathered in both times by one month.

[@darrendavalos2525]

I turned 19 on August 30 of 86 and on Sept 1 drinking age moved to 21 so I had 1 day to drink legally before waiting 2 more years to be legal.

[@EShelby2127]

Same in Minnesota, 18 the drinking age, when I was in the class of 76, but unlike O'Bannion, I graduated and played college football in the Fall. After Freshman Football is when I found MY party scene. Keg parties every weekend at a small college, much more fun than high school!

[@ryanh603]

@@EShelby2127same year as my dad. I would love to show him this movie and hear some of his stories from HS.

[@kenttaylor9238]

@@darrendavalos2525 I'm about a year and 11 months older so I was always on the cusp, lol

[@tevinwms1104]

The budget for Dazed and Confused (1993) was $6.9 million, and about one-sixth of that went toward acquiring the rights to all the classic '70s songs used in the movie.

[@seanswinton6242]

Yep, the soundtrack is awesome. Some of the 70s best classic rock songs!

[@kenlangston3451]

Ironically, they tried to get the rights to Dazed and Confused but Led Zeppelin said no.

[@DanMcClinton]

This film is set in Texas. As someone that graduated in 1978, it is very spot-on. And yes the drinking age back then was 18. Also, it’s “beer bust” and “beer bus”

[@WVRSpenceWestVirginiaRebel]

This was the American Graffiti of the 90's.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Or the Fast Times of Ridgemont High of the 80s.

[@patrickflanagan3762]

@@norwegianblue2017 The difference was GRAFFITI and DAZED were both nostalgia movies looking a generation back, FAST TIMES tried to reflect teenage life in the moment

[@norwegianblue2017]

@@patrickflanagan3762 True. So maybe Mad Men of the 2000s.

[@TTM9691]

Totally. It's "Dazed"'s twin brother.

[@NoirFan84]

So what is Kids? 😅

[@Cadinho93]

"You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N." Definitely one of those films that can make you nostalgic for a time you didn't live in. Generally I prefer a bit more plot in a film, but "Dazed and Confused" has such a great cast of characters that you don't mind hanging out with them for a day or two. Also, Dazed and Confused is a pretty accurate portrayal of American high schools in the 1970s.

[@dustinwright9700]

Every one of these characters is a direct representation of my parents’ high school friends

[@nrdztx]

I was 19 years old when I first saw this with some buddies in 98 while I was home for winter break. My mother walked by and sat down and watched it with us and told us this is exactly how it was for her when she graduated in 75. I will say this, it was this movie that made me fall in love with the classic rock genre.

[@ContrarianCorner]

In '76 I was going into 9th grade, just like the younger kids in the film. We didn't have the hazing where I grew up but almost everything else was spot on. There was at least one person in my school that was like every character in the film. I spontaneously went to see this film in the theater one day and had no idea what it was about. I was completely surprised and it's been a favorite ever since.

[@jimmcdonald4087]

I graduated in 1977 -- nowhere near Texas -- and I can tell you that, aside from the hazing, this was almost exactly my high school life.

[@ROBO_00]

When I first watched this with my mom in the mid 90s my mom said "who followed us around with a camera?". She would have been a freshman and my dad was a senior. I love this movie. One of mine and my late wife's favorites!

[@blix___]

Fun Fact: The redhead (Cynthia) is Giovanni Ribisis' sister.Also, the Top Notch they eat at, is still operational in Austin.

[@LordVolkov]

Marissa Ribisi is also in The Brady Bunch Movie. She's a cutie and should have done more movies.

[@randyhughes8450]

That was the first time I saw her she's so damn cute as a punk rock chick​@@LordVolkov

[@JeffKelly03]

Another fun fact: she was dating Jason Lee at the time, and he was on set for basically the whole shoot. He was still just a pro skateboarder at the time, and not an actor, but everyone on set kept telling him he should act because he was handsome and charismatic. (If I'm not mistaken, she's married to Beck now.)

[@giannag4581]

She is his Twin sister.😊

[@tempsitch5632]

She’s in 100 Girls. A good coming-of-age movie.

[@goreyfantod5213]

"Dazed & Confused," is in Texas, even if it isn't made explicit. This film is essentially Richard Linklater (the director): Snapshot From The High School Years. He was a teenager in the late 1970s in Texas. He was a star athlete in football & baseball, while also being an artsy aspiring writer. A lot of his films have a similar sort of loose narrative structure; he likes & encourages improv, uses amateur actors (usually locals), & REALLY wants dialogue to sound conversational & real, rather than scripted. I think you were on to something when you talked about, "living in the moment." Linklater's style as an auteur is to place the viewer inside a series of moods, feelings & moments that come together to evoke an almost tangible sense of time & place.

[@Nasty-Canasta]

"O'Bannion finally got that paint job"

[@faithnyou1732]

I graduated in 1975, and this town looked so much like the town I lived in during my HS years. Also, from all the antics and activities (sex, drugs, & rock-n-roll), driving around and hanging out, the peer pressure, down to the clothes they wore, everything was starkly accurate. Thanks for a great reaction and discussion! ✌💙✌

[@NoirFan84]

All right, all right, all right. Most fun movie of the 90's.

[@fambam6935]

This was when times weren't soft. The days of cruising on Friday and Saturday nights after high school.

[@michaelbuhl4250]

I'm impressed! Surprisingly few KZbin reactors get that this movie is about living in the moment. I also love how the movie takes place over a 24 hour period, which puts an emphasis on being in the moment. A couple of notes. I forget what percentage of the movie's budget was spent on music copyrights, but I think it was around half. The drinking age in the US was raised from 18 to 21 in around 1985. This was primarily the result of the lobbying efforts of an organization called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). There is no federal drinking age, but the federal government threatened to withhold highway funds from states that didn't raise the drinking age. I've talked with people who graduated in 1976. They didn't say anything about hazing, but the substance use is pretty spot-on.

[@shainewhite2781]

Alright Alright Alright! This is the kind of movie that people don't always talk about.

[@darthken815]

🥴 Man, this film's groovy, man. (deep inhale) Want some, man?

[@dannyropero4216]

They aren't talking about it, they're toking about it!!!!

[@starman6280]

This film is set in the era I went to High School. We were all drunk and high driving around. We could drink 3.2% beer at age 18. In our town there was not much else to do. We had very similar hazing in our school, with all the stereotypical cliques. I love this film , it is the most accurate of all the coming of age movies for me. my teen years were extremely similar. The cruise was everything to me, it was our "social media". I had a Nova with a Corvette engine and raced a lot on the street. I would cruise a while, race a little, maybe go to a friends' house to listen to the latest album, stop at JB's Drive in for a burger and the best french fries in the county, maybe go hook up with somebody. Life was so much less complicated and people had much thicker skin. Those were by far the best days of my life. ***FUN FACT*** gasoline was right around 60 cents per gallon back then, and we thought that was too much!

[@famsdfamsd]

Yeah I graduated in the 80s, and it was all about cruising the strip back then. That's how you found out what was going on and where the parties were going to be (houses with out-of-town parents or a bonfire out in some field). Simpler times for sure, but they were a hell of a lot of fun.

[@CMinorOp67]

6:28:”Ben Affleck? What the fu**?” ~ the reaction of the world that was late to this movie.

[@davidw.2791]

I love to tell people: “This is what Bruce Wayne would act like if he had no childhood tragedy and grew up a rick punk.” 😂

[@jjmalaprop9968]

I missed the advanced notice. What a great surprise! Full of nostalgia even if you weren’t around during this time. Very relatable.

[@markcreemore4915]

I was in high school at exactly the same period as this, but at the opposite end of the cpuntry, in Upper Peninsula Michigan, and im always amazed by how much they got exactly right in this movie, even the small details.

[@JohnLoutsenhizer]

The girl in the first few minutes is Joey Lauren Adams. She is in Mallrats amongst other things. This is just how it was. While it may not be the best movie ever, it may just be the most realistic. And that soundtrack was 2 CDs long, and every single bit of it is fire.

[@misterkite]

Summer School and One Crazy Summer are two classic summer comedies from the 80s.

[@botz77]

I second both these choices.

[@bouhhgz1969]

One Crazy Summer is my favorite

[@PML78]

"Don't make that face or you'll stay that way" 😝

[@therealjoemonroe]

This isn't a movie...it's a documentary. It's so spot on that it seems like Linklater took a time machine back to 1976. I put this on the same level as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, (over The Breakfast Club) and American Pie as the best movie representations of their eras.

[@mmclaurin8035]

Man...this movie was so much of my high school life. How many times did we get stoned and watch this? What percentage of our conversations were just quotes from this movie? "Do you have a pen I could borrow?" "No" "Be a lot cooler if you did."

[@tristramcoffin926]

TBR: Yeah...you don't even have any windows open. Me: TBR has been in this situations before and learned from previous generations...

[@rustybarrel516]

I was in second grade in the spring of 1976, but I had cousins that were in high school. They and their friends were exactly like characters in this movie, even though they lived in Illinois and not Texas. I remember the paddles the new seniors would make to “initiate” the incoming freshmen. That was no longer happening by the time I got to high school (they came up with more subtle methods to stay out of too much trouble). Spent a lot of time at the city pool that summer, listening to songs including the ones on this soundtrack through a crappy loudspeaker and spending my allowance at the concession stand. The bicentennial was a huge deal too. My dad and some of his friends got together to do a big time fireworks display for the neighborhood. This movie really captures the styles, attitudes and general mood of that time so well. Crazy to think it was only 17 years removed from its setting, but it’s been over 30 years since it was released.

[@msmilder25]

Fast Times is classic, Amy Heckerling's first feature film as director (she later directed National Lampoon's European Vacation, wrote & directed the first two Look Who's Talking pictures, and Clueless); the screenplay was written by Cameron Crowe, his first screenplay; it was an early film by Sean Penn (2nd feature), Jennifer Jason Leigh (3rd) and Judge Reinhold (4th); it was the iconic & breakout film for Phoebe Cates (the first year she made any films); and had appearances by several actors who would become big stars (Nic Cage (1st), Eric Stoltz (1st), Forest Whitaker (one of 1st) and Anthony Edwards (2nd)).

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

Ben Affleck's "squeal like a pig" moment was a reference to Deliverance, a movie starring Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight, a group of friends go whitewater rafting in hillbilly country and interesting things happen.

[@ronbock8291]

I’m exactly Mitch’s age, so I just consider him the main character. This movie is soooooo accurate, and I grew up in Ontario. It’s universal.

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

Yes. That’s what it was like to be a teenager in a small town in the 70s/80s/90s.

[@chadwickvon8019]

Hell yeah, I freaking love this movie...lol y'all crack me up. Awesome reaction y'all.

[@melissawinn996]

Same

[@BM-hb2mr]

This is probably the best reaction to this movie I've seen. Out of the 10 reactions you both were number 1. Great reaction

[@O_Towne_Bear]

Love this movie. There's a short vid of Matthew McConaughey talking about how he based his character on his big brother, who he admired. When they saw the movie together his brother was like "Wtf?" 'cuz he knew right away. Also - "Fast Times..." is a must

[@ChiTownAndrew]

Big fan after seeing your response to awful comments. You guys are fun to watch movies with, keep going!

[@sean-ew2qv]

When this movie came out, school was like this minus the hazing. I graduated in 94. We all gathered every weekend and partied. The stoners, the jocks, the dramas, all of us. It was great.

[@JoshuaDay0550]

i went to hS in a small town. was basically the same (except the hazing). everyone fucked with everyone - everyone was at the parties on someones farm field or a pole barn lol.

[@matthewweaver6461]

DAZED was filmed in Austin, TX while I was in high school. 7 of my friends are in the film. It showed at midnight at the Dobie Theater for over a year. I saw it 39 times at the midnight showing while I was a junior in high school. This film is Austin.

[@jimtatro6550]

The cast is unbelievable in this, so many great actors at the beginning of their careers. Check out the “Spiritual Sequel “ Everybody Wants Some

[@kpag3030]

The football coaches are EXACTLY my high school coaches. So much of this movie is so perfect.

[@jamalbryant8099]

"Sloow riiide, take it easyyyy" My favorite song

[@rosanajaquez3274]

As a Gen Xer, I can tell you from witness experience that this is very true to what we saw from the generation before us. I’m a native NYCer so the driving bit doesn’t jive, but all of the rest does. Pants were very tight and I recall helping out my aunt in the very way the girls in this film do. This movie reminds me of those times, where you basically out and about all day long in the summer, but had to be back at certain times to check in with your folks(my time was when the street lights turned in). It was a time before cellphones and social media, but news on anything worth knowing about, such as a party, got around very fast. Thanks for this wonderful reaction and a great jolt of nostalgia on a rainy Sunday!❤❤

[@Ashes2Ashes]

So many recognizable faces, but my favorite, for you Yellowstone fans, is Cole Hauser who played Benny the football friend in this movie and Rip in Yellowstone. Amazing cast

[@stsolomon618]

Alright, alright, alright. One of my favorite teen films, another great one, is American Graffiti by George Lucas.

[@rickyressel9263]

From the age of about 13-23 I had this movie on in the background. All day, every day. It reminded me of summer with my friends. Never gets old.

[@KurotsuchiDClown]

Take a shot every time that freshman Mitch touches his hair or face lmao

[@Aggiebrettman]

...and you will be dead before the first 30 minutes are done. 🤣

[@USCFlash]

Totally....terrible actor. That annoyed me throughout the whole film. (though this was his first role....but the director should have stopped him doing that...though Linklater is a really good director.)

[@KurotsuchiDClown]

@@Aggiebrettman 😵

[@KurotsuchiDClown]

@@USCFlash first and only role I know of him lol

[@JeremyAustin-hw1qy]

Wiley Wiggins was also in the faculty he was one of the actors in the bathroom scene with Danny Masterson

[@MatthewBarton-8440]

If you guys watch real closely, Ben Affleck actually snapped his right ankle by accident during the paddle breaking on the ground scene and stayed in character and then needed medical treatment quickly after.

[@davidvainqueur5511]

Fun fact: There are three future Oscar winners in Dazed and Confused: Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey and, if you look closely at the extras, Renee Zellweger.

[@hippiechic6772]

Thanks TBR Schmitt for your reactions and comments . This was a lot of fun watching Dazed and Confused . I am the youngest of five siblings and my siblings are all close in ages but me . I remember when they drove around with beers in the car cup holders driving around it was called "cruising" back then when gas was about $2.00 a gallon depending on what station they went to . Now a days people do not have the money to be throwing around for cruising like they use to . It was nice to hear you talk about your baby girl... that was sweet . In life we do think about the future it is only natural but it's good to live in the moments and stop to enjoy the Now . Thank you for your channel

[@freelancewerewolf]

Oh, the KISS guys were bicentennial statues.

[@rustybarrel516]

Yep. The “Destroyer” album was released a couple months before.

[@MrBreezeLI516]

Took me forever to realize the dad is the bar manager from the OG Roadhouse! 😅

[@CMinorOp67]

7:35: “My last day wasn’t like this. I don’t know what you did, but I just went home.” Lol!😂 16:37: “Is this an 8th or 9th grade party? … … Dang, she’s tall.” There’s your answer.😄

[@foosterOG]

Great reaction! There were a few things that you two mentioned that were different back then: middle school, drunk driving, and drinking while pregnant. Most middle schools were grades 7-9 back then. While drunk driving has been illegal in most states since 1910, it wasn't regularly enforced until the 1980s. There were a few organizations that heavily campaigned against driving while drunk (e.g., Mothers Against Drunk Driving - MADD). Also, while studies came out in the 1970s that drinking while pregnant would harm the development of babies, it wasn't widely warned against until 1981 when the U.S. Surgeon General, Edward Brandt, issued a warning against drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

[@Charlesbaker3017]

No doubt. No DUI's. . In the 70's 80"s. Didn't even think about. NOT. drinking and driving..

[@Nasroddine-k9d]

You guys literally watch my favorite list movies. I love your videos it’s a mix of two different interesting visionaries

[@bobbydigital8243]

all the friends the achievements and all the memories good and bad, best time of my life. But as much as I loved high school, as soon as I graduated, I never looked back and tried to relive those moments.

[@SolarTiger]

this has been called the next gen "American Graffiti" with stars before they became well known...and in 1975, I could buy alcohol at 18 in Michigan

[@MikeB12800]

Gen X loved this movie in the 90’s. I think every teenager saw it. Every group could relate… jocks, stoners, nerds, etc.

[@imvandenh]

For sure. When Dazed came out on video, my friends and I rented it and had a party at my bass players house(yeah, everyone was in some sort of alternative rock/punk/metal band it seemed) because his parents were out of state all weekend and their house was pretty cool. We all drank, smoked weed, played guitars, and watched Dazed Friday night till Sunday morning. I met and hooked up with my first real girlfriend that weekend. Those two days still rank among the best of my past 45 years. This movie really set a vibe for all of us it seemed.

[@MikeB12800]

@@imvandenh lol, me and my friends had “bands” too!!

[@zedwpd]

yes we literally just drove around. every town had it's loop just to hang out, drink, and cruise.

[@kpag3030]

Yup. Ours was Krumkill Road.

[@InsolentMusicalPeasant]

Gotta be my favorite "coming of age" movie. Mostly for the cars and the music.

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@myproject13ttt]

I graduated from 8th grade into high school in 1980. 6th, 7th and 8th grade was an amazing killer time, in the '70s. This movie literally was true to life, for me and my friends. There was nothing better than a girl wearing a halter top, with wide leg jeans and her long hair split down the middle. Listening to ABBA, KISS Fleetwood Mac, Blondie, Steve Miller oh yeah you got to throw some disco in there because you were definitely hitting up the Skating Rink. Oh and one more thing it was nothing like going to a Drive-in, during the summer in the '70s.

[@alib6615]

I have watched this movie so many times and I have never noticed that RENEE ZELLWEGER is in this!!! Pause at 25:11, she is the one pouring beer in the funnel for Darla (Parker Posey). I looked it up to make sure and it was her second movie she did. Her character even has a name, "Nesi White". I'm guessing she had a bigger role that was cut down? That is wild.

[@jjkcharlie]

Great movie, this and Rush (1991), made me appreciate '70s rock.

[@telebender]

I went to high school in northern Ontario (Canada) in the 90's. This movie is spot on for my experience, except for the hazing and intoxicated driving. We found a house or cottage party and stayed put. If no house parties were going on, we'd had a party at the beach, abandoned sand pits, went camping on an island and throw a bash, etc - similar to their "beer bash" at the moon tower. Lots of fond memories.

[@positivelynegative9149]

"... especially drunk or sober." 🤣

[@TTM9691]

Fantastic reaction, fantastic post-movie discussion!

[@BDizzle7095]

Such a classic, and infinitely rewatchable.

[@parker469a]

From 1969 to 1976, some 30 states lowered their purchase ages, generally to 18. This was primarily because the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1971 with the passing into law of the 26th amendment.

[@VinE83656]

I graduated in 1977 so this was my time. It was pretty much like this, except there was no hazing in my school. Also, the rising seniors would not have hung out with incoming Freshmen so quickly. I guess they had to speed it up since this movie took place in one day and not a full school year. The driving around, the house party and “kegger” in the woods and pot smoking was pretty much true to life. The music soundtrack was also spot on. I own pretty much all those songs on vinyl from back in the day, if not vinyl then CD. We had guys like that stoner guy too. Also, the drinking was 18 in my state back in the 70s.

[@chrisgrove7829]

I love Richard Linklater’s laid back directing style. He just has a great eye for people, time, and place:) Love this film and the vibe:)

[@LordToddtastic666]

Cruising the strip was a thing for decades. We were rolling back and forth over a 3 mile stretch in the 80's. It seems to have died out as a weekend pastime in the last few decades

[@Charlesbaker3017]

As always. YOU TWO. The discussions after the film is almost as good as the film itself. The whole thing was joyous.

[@BB13131313]

Let's go! This is literally my all-time favorite movie, I can't express how much this film means to me lol.. Richard Linklater is a great writer and director, he has a bunch of incredible films..

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care and have a good night

[@rynefox7366]

You guys are so funny. Earlier in the film, we meet Simone Kerr played by Joey Lauren Adams. You both were like “She looks so familiar! Where have we seen her?” Simone Kerr is the girlfriend of Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd in the film. Later in the film, Randall is making out with Jodi and Jodi says “Don’t you have a girlfriend?” TBR: ‘We haven’t seen any girlfriend’ Samantha nods in agreement. To be fair, there is a lot of moving parts to this movie even as a “hangout film” and I may have missed that myself the first time over a thousand watches ago.

[@viennawaits4u36]

The statues in the back of the the kids El Camino were home made paper mache' KISS mannequin's who broke out big in '75 with their KISS Live album, and dominated the pop-culture scene for the next 4-5 years.

[@Tr0nzoid]

The statues were shown in front of the school at the beginning of the movie. They took the statues and the girl painted the KISS make-up on them. There are deleted scenes that explain why the police officer was so uptight about the kids being on the football field. It wasn't just because they were on the field; he spotted the statues in the bed of the car. They told the officer they just found them and were going to take them back.

[@bespectacledheroine7292]

I would flip if you guys did the Before trilogy (Linklater also). A truly transcendent experience and a couple reacting would be perfect for it.

[@ninawildr4207]

Yes! The BEFORE TRILOGY!!!

[@mariannea.2140]

Having graduated in 77" in a middle class neighborhood in the outskirts of Miami, and I can attest that this was my life back then lol! From the trashing schoolwork on the last day of school, weed smoking (even in the back of class), the driving around drinking and smoking to the keg parties out in the woods (plus a lot more lol) Although drinking age was 18 , it didn't matter , it was rare to get carded when buying alcohol. This movie was like a "slice of life" movie, no need to have a real story.

[@zammmerjammer]

This movie came out when I was in high school. I LOVED IT SO MUCH. Sadly, my teenage life in the suburbs was a whole lot more boring and sober. Amazing soundtrack too.

[@haydensmith2886]

Went to high school in the 2000s in a small town in east Texas. This movie is extremely accurate. The hazing, paddles, and food getting dumped on freshman. And just riding around town. Dollar General parking lot was the meet up.

[@Tr0nzoid]

For me, and to put it in context, the biggest delight of this movie when I saw it was that teen/high school movies were almost non-existent when it came out. The lack of them in the early 1990s was very noticeable after so many in the 1980s. With the filming style and cast of then-rarely known people, it even looks like a movie from the late 1970s. It felt real and relatable even if it was set 17 years earlier. It was slated for a wide release and advertised, but Universal Pictures pulled the release to just a limited one. I was lucky to see it in a university's theater with a crowd in early 1994, just about when it was coming out on video. 1970s pop nostalgia - which would dominate much of the 1990s - was just starting to kick in when this came out as well.

[@DCMovies-uk2du]

"Guess the word didn't get out?" LOL This is the 70s. No cell phones. You actually had to be home to get phone calls.

[@DrewG-wd8ql]

I graduated in 75 and they hit the clothes, cars and hair pretty good. Of course the soundtrack was first rate. I look at this movie as a fond memory and in a way, it is a 1976 version of "American Graffiti". There were quite a few states that the drinking age was 18 in 76. It went national to 21 because of the drunk driving accidents and deaths went up every year. Back then you could understand the younger drinking age because we were fresh out of Vietnam and many figured if they were old enough to die for their country, they were old enough to drink.

[@paulwolffart1251]

By the time I was in high school in the early 80’s the drinking age in Texas was 19. It was raised to 21 when I was a senior in high school. That said my freshman year of college you never would know it as I was buying pitchers of beer at the bar across from the campus and I looked like I was 12 then. 😂

[@christophersims7060]

Lived so many of those parts! But in the late 80's early 90's😅🎉🎉❤❤

[@myproject13ttt]

The police were actually pretty cool, in the '70s in the '80s. they basically gave us warnings and told us to go home, Even though then you we weren't going to, it was just part of the times.

[@tomking7080]

I graduated high school in 1995 and this movie we watched so many times when it came out on VHS. It’s such a cult classic. I freaking love this movie. We would quote this movie so much.

[@lynetteoliva1256]

Hey guys, had to watch u react to this. This is one of my favorite teenage angst movies, & the soundtrack is "Rockin'!". In fact I have the soundtrack on CD.😊 Ok, TBR, DAZED & CONFUSED takes place in 1976, & FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH is during the early 80s. It was released in 1982. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH is referenced in STRANGER THINGS Season 4.😊 Drinking age became 21 because of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. The red head, Marissa Ribisi, is the sister of Giovanni Ribisi, who played the medic that cried for his mom whilst he lay dying in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. So, the dark haired guy that got his ass kicked, acted in movies w/brother & sister. I don't know if u ever saw the BRADY BUNCH MOVIE, but Marissa is also in that one. She plays Peter Brady's love interest.😊 I can't remember if u guys already reacted to it or not. But, another movie that has teens cruisin' all night is AMERICAN GRAFFITI which is set in 1962. It also has a great soundtrack. The actress u were saying sounded & kind of looked familiar is Joey Lauren Adams. She's been in BIG DADDY, MALLRATS, CHASING AMY, JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKES BACK, just to name a few movies. Anyway, this was a fun reaction.😊👍

[@jocamd3941]

Love you guys! I have a couple of suggestions: Election, Go, and Can’t Hardly Wait. Forgotten 90’s movies. Thanks!

[@bryand999]

This seems like a documentary to me...authentic.

[@grintharke]

This is a "Day in the Life" type film, and my favorite. Others include films like American Graffiti, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Just a snapshot into a series of events that don't really have to mean anything. Just good fun!

[@ca9968]

Absolutely loved this movie when I was a teen in South Africa. This film launched quite a few careers... Cole Hauser as Benny, he went on to star in "Higher Learning" (1995), "Good Will Hunting" (1998), "Tears Of The Sun" (2003) and is currently crushing it as Rip Wheeler in "Yellowstone" Joey Lauren Adams, she went on to do "Chasing Amy" (1997) with Kevin Smith Rory Cochrane went on to do "Empire Records (1995, a great comedy too!) "Black Mass" (2015) and a whole bunch of other films Then obviously there are some who require no mention such as Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Adam Goldberg and Jason London. Fun fact, Wiley Wiggins who played Mitch Kramer made the movie as a summer job and never pursued acting as a career...

[@R1ch4rd74]

@2:47 that is the actress (Rene Zellweger) from Me Myself and Irene.

[@tonyhoable]

No it's not

[@JasonMoir]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a great 80s movie. There's one scene in particular you'll definitely need to edit, though!

[@DustinHawke]

There's more than one.

[@JasonMoir]

@@DustinHawke True, but I'm thinking about the Phoebe Cates one.

[@gregall2178]

@@JasonMoir Yeah, copyright for the music 😀

[@mr.crumbles2557]

Richard Linklater films are amazing!

[@rustyforceps1012]

Listening to your wrap-up, it occurs to me that you do have many of the characters “Livin’” for different times. You’ve got Wooderson and O’Bannion “livin” in the past, the “potheads” and eyebrows guy, Dawson, “Livin” in the present, and Pink, Mitch, and Adam Goldberg are “Livin” for the future. Sometimes you might feel like you’re stuck living in one of those times, but it’s “Alright, alright, alright” as long as you keep L-I-V-I-N.

[@kpag3030]

The cruise! That’s where we had our best Conversations. We loved cruisin, smokin, chillin… dude the freedom was just something kids now will never know unfortunately. It was great.

[@IsraelShekelberg]

My friend from high school and I saw this in the theatre and agreed that it was actually surprisingly historically accurate. (I am class of '79, so about Mitch's age.) 'Fast Times' is slightly less real, more exaggerated, but it was based on an undercover reporter's stories about Clairemont HS in San Diego, which was about three blocks from where I went to school. It is also definitely worth watching, if only for Sean Penn's (historically accurate) character. Another movie that captures the feeling of that time in San Diego is "Almost Famous'.

[@shercahn]

Part of the deal of receiving federal funding for highways was states had to have their drinking age at 21. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are currently 18 minimum.