Review of Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) by Seanser S — 21 Sep 2016

***** Excellent.

The always witty Writer-Director Richard Linklater has delivered some more cinematic goods that everybody should want in the vastly entertaining "Everybody Wants Some!!". The films centers around a group of college baseball players in the early 80's, but I'm not trying to through you a curve ball when I tell you it's not about baseball. It's really a love letter to the pop culture of the early 80's showcased with its classic music, lingo, and settings. The film stars Blake Jenner as Jake, the confident freshman pitcher who quickly builds a rapport with his outlandish teammates who all live in two college houses allocated for them by the university. To describe the diverse characters that surround Jake would be an exercise in futility, and would be a worthless pitch, because it's something you have to see for yourself by taking the viewing mound with "Everybody Wants Some!!!" Sure you can call this movie a spiritual inspiration to Linklater's classic "Dazed & Confused", but I think it's more than that. The home run level of sheer entertainment value of this movie is something not out of left field; it more than rocked! I loved the acting ensemble of the young cast. Linklater's screenplay was another Link gem that hopefully everybody in the Academy will want some of that to nominate it for a Best Screenplay Oscar. So everybody, go up to bat with "Everybody Want Some!!" You will have lots of puns, I mean fun!