1996 · drama · comedy
SubUrbia
Directed by Richard Linklater2h 1m1996
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Our read: SubUrbia (1996) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- intimate
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“You want one parking-lot night of slacker talk, envy, and stalling adulthood.”
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