What a delightful surprise. I've spent so many years counting down to release dates, but there's nothing like being greeted by something you had forgotten about.
In short (because there's so much to say), the film is a perfect amalgamation of some of Linklater's greatest elements; it marries the vicarious nostalgia of Boyhood with the playfulness and flexibility of Waking Life; it reconciles the romantic optimism of Before Sunrise with the melancholic realism of Before Midnight.
The opening teases us…
