It’s a strange film in many ways, affectless and directionless, coolly refusing the usual dramatic beats and climactic moments, and as unreflective as MOR rock.

The meaninglessness of it all is the meaning of the film.

Few of these people are going anywhere, but they are not going anywhere with style and dignity.

The movie has such an effortless nature and a total sense of identity from the very start, making the characters and world that Linklater has built feel completely tangible and lived in.