Remember the Daze
During the summer of 1999, a group of teenagers, through interconnected narratives, live through their last day of high school, relish the advent of summer vacation, struggle with drugs, sex, and the unpredictability of the future before them.
26 April 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
2 February 1982, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
27 August 1988, Miami, Florida, USA
16 October 2001, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
17 August 1983, Mount Kisco, New York, USA
25 October 1985, Portland, Oregon, USA
5 October 1988, Los Alamitos, California, USA
14 November 1989, Nyack, New York, USA
6 March 1968, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
22 April 1986, Austin, Texas, USA
7 January 1987, Oakland, California, USA
9 April 1986, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
22 June 1985, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8 January 1979, Marietta, Georgia, USA
1 October 1989, Sacramento, California, USA
5 July 1988, Van Nuys, California, USA
25 July 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 December 1984, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
10 August 1982, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
25 April 1984, New York City, New York, USA
April 11, 2008
[Director Jess] Manafort aims for Dazed and Confused, but falls well short of Can't Hardly Wait.
April 11, 2008
This movie isn't even sophomoric; it's freshmanic.
April 11, 2008
Ultimately, the ensemble of more than 20 featured characters seems as vapid as the intentionally caricatured adults who pop up on occasion. Where are this decade's John Hugheses? Or even the Cameron Crowes?
April 11, 2008
Mostly, though, Remember the Daze is a set of largely plotless scenes showing teens trying to score either sex or drugs, with no particularly profound point to any of it.
April 10, 2008
Remember the Daze has the irony-free, instant-nostalgia earnestness of your high school yearbook, but watching it is not likely to conjure your own youthful emotions -- it's more like flipping through the generic memories of a complete stranger.
