Mike Bozart I give this movie a 9 just for how unique the story-line (or non- story-line) is. 20-something characters and scenes come and go, seemingly at random in Austin, TX in the early 1990s. The fluid segue technique is like nothing I have seen before. There's some 'Butterfly Effect' sprinkled in. Truly, a one-of-a-kind film. You don't have to be a Gen-X/Y to like it; I'm an old goat, and I loved it and will re-watch it tonight.

Rachel Scott There is a lot of indie charm involved in this movie, from the clothes to the scenery to the subject matter, it is a bit entrancing. I guess that's in right now, the whole indie charm, I feel this movie captured it well. I do feel, however, that some of the conversation seemed forced and empty, like they just threw in a lot of this to be pretentious, but you know, that's up to opinion. One thing that did really capture me about this movie in particular was the way they were able to capture intersecting lives and stories, I loved the way the camera followed the people, it didn't just cut to a new person. I feel this gives perspective on the life we live everyday and how so many people pass us by that also have individual stories, that the world is more terribly interconnected than we'd ever hoped to believe. Although I did say earlier that I thought some of the dialogue was pretentious, empty, and forced, I did like a lot of it. I liked how they were able to integrate serious, pressing topics with lighter more humorous ones. This juxtaposition makes the movie feel more real, it pulls the viewer in and out of trains of thought. I felt this gave it a more surreal feel, the feeling that this, a movie, is not so far off from the life we live everyday.

grantss Dull and pretentious movie. Pointless unrelated stories stitched together. One or two of the stories are mildly interesting. However, the rest are incredibly dull, consisting mostly of people talking either about weird but dull stuff, pretentious philosophical things, inane conspiracy theories or boring domestic stuff. I generally like character-driven dramas, but this was horrible. None of the characters are likable. In fact, they're all incredibly loathsome. Bit hard to feel engaged in the movie if you hate ALL the characters...Notable only for being Richard Linklater's second movie as director (and writer). Thankfully, he got better. A lot better. His next movie was Dazed and Confused...

deeblowace Slacker is constructed of a series of loosely connected conversations, and monologues that play out in an extremely natural flow of discussion. There is no typical plot structure, but despite this it manages to tell a story. It encompasses mostly fringe characters with inane, insane, and interesting perspectives on many varying things. Many of the conversations are easy to imagine taking place in real situations regardless of their peculiarity it's a sort of real world peculiarity that many of us have experienced, and plenty of people that I've met match these characters depicted. The way in which most of these people are portrayed also allows for a sense of understanding regardless of their ridiculousness, they convey something incredibly human. It's a movie that makes you realize that there's constantly many stories unfolding all around us, intertwined together. Slacker is among few movies that are able to stand strongly upon dialogue that builds no central plot, but manages to entertain you alone.