Everybody Wants Some!! (film)

Everybody Wants Some!!
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Linklater
Produced by	Megan Ellison Richard Linklater Ginger Sledge
Written by	Richard Linklater
Starring	Will Brittain Zoey Deutch Ryan Guzman Tyler Hoechlin Blake Jenner Glen Powell Wyatt Russell
Cinematography	Shane F. Kelly
Edited by	Sandra Adair
Production company	Annapurna Pictures Detour Filmproduction
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11) (SXSW) March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30) (United States)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$3.9 million

Everybody Wants Some!! is a 2016 American sports comedy film, written and directed by Richard Linklater, about college baseball players in 1980. The film stars Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Blake Jenner, Glen Powell, and Wyatt Russell. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2016. The film was released in the United States on March 30, 2016, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

In Texas in the fall of 1980, college freshman Jake (Blake Jenner) – a hotshot pitcher in high school – moves into the house he will be sharing with other members of the fictional Southeast Texas Cherokees college baseball team, and meets several of his new teammates, including his roommate Billy (Will Brittain) who has been nicknamed "Beuter" because of his redneck accent. He joins Finnegan (Glen Powell), Roper (Ryan Guzman), Dale (Quinton Johnson), and Plummer (Temple Baker) cruising the campus by car, looking to meet female students. Stopping to chat with two women moving into their apartment, upperclassmen Roper – an unapologetic hound-dog – and Finnegan – adopting a false feminist tone – both "strike out" with them, but one of them – Beverly (Zoey Deutch) – comments that she likes Jake ("the quiet one in the back"); he makes a note of her apartment number.

At a team meeting at the house, the baseball coach introduces the new players, which include Jake, Plummer, Beuter, Brumley (Tanner Kalina) – all freshmen – and two transfer students: Jay (Juston Street), recruited for his professional-level pitching, and Willoughby (Wyatt Russell), a bearded philosopher-stoner. The coach cites two rules: no alcohol in the house, and no women upstairs, but the team disregards them, later hosting a drunken party, with several team members taking women up to their bedrooms. Jake tries to take a woman he's met to the first-floor room they'd set aside for sex, but it's occupied, and Beuter refuses to leave their room so Jake can't use it.

Later, the team go out drinking and "cruising chicks" together, first to the local disco. Finnegan's patter about his "average penis", intended to impress women with his lack of ego, is interrupted when Jay's arrogant and racist remarks provoke a fist fight with one of the bartenders, and they are all ejected. Sending Jay home, they change their clothes and instead go to a western-themed bar. The next day, walking around with several of his teammates, Jake happens upon Justin (Michael Monsour), a former teammate from high school who has embraced punk subculture. He invites them to a punk concert, and with Jake's encouragement they go, briefly putting on yet another identity.

At the house, Willoughby shares his marijuana, music, and philosophy with the freshmen. At the team's first unofficial practice session, Jay upsets the rest of the team by pitching to them aggressively, eventually throwing a tantrum. The coach unexpectedly shows up and calls Willoughby off the pitcher's mound. It is later revealed that Willoughby is 30 years old, and has been fraudulently transferring to new colleges so he can continue playing ball and enjoying the student lifestyle.

Jake leaves flowers and a note on Beverly's apartment door; she calls him and they quickly agree to meet. She explains that she's a performing-arts major; Jake answers only that he's a baseball player. She invites him to come to "Oz", a costume party thrown by performing-arts students every Fall. Jake mentions the party to his teammates and tries to tell them they wouldn't enjoy it, but they cajole him into taking them. Although they initially don't fit in well with the "artsy" atmosphere and activities, they do their best to hit on the women there. Finnegan is ridiculed by his friends for adapting his patter to pretend to be into astrology. Jake continues to get close to Beverly and they end up spending the rest of the night together.

The next morning the semester begins, and Jake and Beverly walk together from her apartment, parting to go to their separate classes. Two of the team – who know that Jake didn't return home the night before – razz him for it. He runs into Plummer in his classroom, and they settle in for their first lecture... and fall asleep.

Cast

• Blake Jenner as Jake
• Zoey Deutch as Beverly
• Ryan Guzman as Kenny Roper
• Tyler Hoechlin as Glen McReynolds
• Glen Powell as Finnegan
• Wyatt Russell as Willoughby
• Will Brittain as Billy Autrey
• Forrest Vickery as Coma
• Temple Baker as Plummer
• Tanner Kalina as Brumley
• Austin Amelio as Nesbit
• Juston Street as Jay Niles
• Quinton Johnson as Dale
• Dora Madison Burge as Val

Production

Development

Linklater wrote the first draft of the film in mid-2005, and tried to finance the film in 2009, but didn't get off the ground until Annapurna Pictures got involved.

In August 2014, Linklater ceased involvement with the Warner Bros. film The Incredible Mr. Limpet, stating that he wanted to concentrate on the university-set, 1980s baseball film under the working title of That's What I'm Talking About. The project is considered a spiritual sequel to Linklater's 1993 film, Dazed and Confused, which is set in a high school in 1976. Linklater also considers the film a sequel to Boyhood because "it begins right where Boyhood ends with a guy showing up at college and meeting his new roommates and a girl."

In September, Linklater offered Jenner, Hoechlin, Russell, and Guzman roles as members of the baseball team that the film focuses on. Hoechlin favored the role and chose it over returning to the fifth season of MTV's series Teen Wolf. Later in September, Annapurna Pictures became involved as a financial producer of the film, while Paramount Pictures signed on to handle distribution rights. More cast members were announced, including Deutch, Brittain, and Powell.

Filming

Principal photography began on October 13, 2014 in Austin, Texas. On October 15, filming was taking place in Weimar, Texas, and lasted until December 2, 2014. Shooting locations included San Marcos, Texas, Bastrop, Texas, Elgin, Texas and San Antonio, Texas. A night shoot involving extras occurred on October 31, 2014, for a costume party scene in Taylor, Texas.

Release

On July 27, 2015, Paramount Pictures set the film for an April 15, 2016 release in the United States. In February 2016, the film was moved up to April 1, in a limited release. It was then moved to March 30.

Reception

Box office

The film received a limited release across 19 locations in New York and Los Angeles on March 30. Deadline.com said "should the film make $20K per theater that would be great. If it makes north of a $35K average, that would be fantastic." The film's opening weekend per-screen gross was $16,440.

Critical response

Everybody Wants Some!! received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 88%, based on 160 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Nostalgic in the best sense, Everybody Wants Some!! finds Richard Linklater ambling through the past with a talented cast, a sweetly meandering story, and a killer classic rock soundtrack." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 83 out of 100, based on 50 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Spencer Moleda of The Moderate Voice praised Linklater's direction and the film's uncanny evocation of time, writing, "In his portraits of bygone eras, there’s so much that resonates with the specificities of our own lives that without thinking, we white out the parts that don’t and embrace the movie as speaking directly from the books of our lives. The touchstones being evoked here are more human than aesthetic — a change of time is just a change of scenery; people will always be people."

External links

• Official website
• Everybody Wants Some!! at IMDb
• Everybody Wants Some!! at Rotten Tomatoes
• Everybody Wants Some!! at Metacritic