Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

A companion piece of sorts to his film about the 1970's high school experience 'Dazed and Confused', 'Everybody Wants Some!!' is about a group of baseball players at a fictional Texas state college trying to get laid the weekend before the start of the 1980-81 academic year. That is more or less the through the line of the story, so one could reasonably say that really basically nothing happens in this film, and that's kind of what's great about. You spend a couple of hours getting to know these characters, many of which are first getting to know each other over a long weekend. It's a character study of a dozen or so characters, most of which appear to be played by local Texas actors, the only person in this film your likely to recognize is Zoey Dutch, who is winning as a potential love interest for one of the ball players. At times I was a little bored, but I liked the atmosphere and tone and there are a handful of moments that satisfyingly evoke the feeling of being at the beginning of ones adult life journey. Not for all tastes, but I suspect for me this is a film that would get even richer on repeat viewing. ***