Slacker spawned other quasi intellectual copycat films - Clerks. Linklater said licensing the song "Sweet Emotion" for the opening shot of Dazed and Confused cost more $ than the entire Slacker film. That's Richard Linklater in the opening scene of Slacker, waxing on in the back seat of the taxi.

i am freaking out so severely. :)

I've never watched a movie that went from one character to another character like this movie does. But it wasn't so bad. I enjoy the slacker-vibe of the movie. However as the movie went on it seemed to go at a faster pace, which I guess makes sense since time is running out (length of film). And besides that they skipped over what would have been an interesting look at 2 slackers. I'm referring to the guys talking about Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs. This may just be because I'm an animation fan but I would have liked to have seen more from those guys, even if they strayed away from the animation/psychological talk. But no, they're skipped in favor of a lame look at some girls who get a ride from some guy who claims his band is playing at a club. Other than that there was one part where a postcard had a characacher (yes, it's a word) of a black kid who was extremely dark and had fat red lips but it was only seen for a short time and I am NOT saying it had any impact on the movie but this is MY review and I felt like mentioning it. If you have a problem with that, too bad. I'm not sure I'd buy the DVD, I don't see myself wanting to watch it again.

This is entertaining. Interesting conversations, unique people, beautiful cars and dirt roads. The dialog makes the movie seem so real, and it really captures a vibe. The Austin in Slacker is very different from the Austin of today, it captures a unique moment in time.

i really liked this movie. it was deeper than i thought it would be by just reading the title. im glad someone finally made a movie the corrisponds to how we think. everything is connected one way or another to each other. very interesting concept.

Great movie. Richard Linklater is a great director (Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, A Scanner Darkly, Waking Life) the dialogue his actors do are most excellent, he makes them act. It's great. He can drag a scene on for 15 min. no editing.. I'm so disappointed to read all the bad things said about this movie. The acting and dialogue are superb, as all of Richard Linklaters films. Thumbs up.