Synopsis
A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.
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Cast
- Milo CoyStan
- Jack BlackGrown Up Stan (voice)
- Zachary LeviKranz
- Glen PowellBostick
- Josh WigginsSteve
- Lee EddyMom
- Bill WiseDad
- Natalie L'AmoreauxVicky
- Jessica Brynn CohenJana
- Sam ChipmanGreg
Recommendations
- 95
TheWrap
Unlike the “memberberries” school of nostalgia that can reduce itself to “I had that lunch box!” Linklater gets granular and specific (and thus universal) about his memories and his perceptions of the world at that time. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
It’s clearly a labor of love, a unique reflection on an unforgettable summer, inviting us to share in a moment of communal spirit which now seems to belong to another world. - 83
IndieWire
This semi-autobiographical sketch isn’t really a story at all so much as a sweetly effervescent string of Kodachrome memories from the filmmaker’s own childhood — the childhood of someone who was born in a place without any sense of yesterday, and came of age at a time that was obsessed with tomorrow. - 83
The Film Stage
The film may be Linklater’s warmest and most nostalgic precisely because of its specifics. - 80
Variety
Turns out, this movie isn’t so much about space as it is about time travel, or more specifically, taking Linklater and his followers back more than half a century. - 80
Paste Magazine
It’s a stylish meditation on childhood that isn’t afraid to indulge in all the sentimentality that goes along with that. Almost 30 years after Dazed and Confused, Linklater is still reminding us exactly why childhood is a uniquely special thing. - 75
The Playlist
The jankiness of this structure is a bit much, at least on first viewing, drifting into memoir material for so long that it the picture feeling shapeless for a good long while. But then again, that’s our Linklater, and complaining about narrative aimlessness is kind of like coming out of a Scorsese movie bitching about all the voice-over. It’s a new Linklater, is the point, and that’s good news indeed. - 75
Consequence
The result is sleepy and somewhat solipsistic, but that’s part of the charm of a Linklater joint, especially the personal ones. It truly feels like a filmmaker opening his mind to us and inviting us to share in his dreams.
