79
Metascore
39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 95TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeUnlike the “memberberries” school of nostalgia that can reduce itself to “I had that lunch box!” Linklater gets granular and specific (and thus universal) about his memories and his perceptions of the world at that time.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyIt’s clearly a labor of love, a unique reflection on an unforgettable summer, inviting us to share in a moment of communal spirit which now seems to belong to another world.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThis semi-autobiographical sketch isn’t really a story at all so much as a sweetly effervescent string of Kodachrome memories from the filmmaker’s own childhood — the childhood of someone who was born in a place without any sense of yesterday, and came of age at a time that was obsessed with tomorrow.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeTurns out, this movie isn’t so much about space as it is about time travel, or more specifically, taking Linklater and his followers back more than half a century.
- 80Paste MagazineAurora AmidonPaste MagazineAurora AmidonIt’s a stylish meditation on childhood that isn’t afraid to indulge in all the sentimentality that goes along with that. Almost 30 years after Dazed and Confused, Linklater is still reminding us exactly why childhood is a uniquely special thing.
- 75The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyThe jankiness of this structure is a bit much, at least on first viewing, drifting into memoir material for so long that it the picture feeling shapeless for a good long while. But then again, that’s our Linklater, and complaining about narrative aimlessness is kind of like coming out of a Scorsese movie bitching about all the voice-over. It’s a new Linklater, is the point, and that’s good news indeed.
- 75ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonThe result is sleepy and somewhat solipsistic, but that’s part of the charm of a Linklater joint, especially the personal ones. It truly feels like a filmmaker opening his mind to us and inviting us to share in his dreams.
- 70IGNSiddhant AdlakhaIGNSiddhant AdlakhaRichard Linklater’s animated Apollo fantasy is scattered, but sweet.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonBy this point, the 1960s have been sufficiently chronicled and celebrated, but the specificity of Linklater’s portrait nevertheless has a poignancy to it.