Dazed and Confused

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Dazed and Confused

1993 · Movie · 98 min

Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer94%as of 2026-01-15
  • Rotten Tomatoes average7.90/10as of 2021-10-10
  • Metacritic82/100as of 2026-01-15

What it is

Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film follows a variety of teenagers on the last day of school in 1976. Although the film was shot in Austin, it was inspired by Linklater's time growing up in East Texas and no town name is ever given.

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Genres
Comedy / Drama
Original language
English

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