Seventeen year-old Caroline Wexler (Kat Dennings) has just moved to a tiny, nowhere town where an industrial fire burns ceaselessly and a serial killer is claiming young victims. When Caroline realizes she has nothing in common with the permanently stoned kids that populate her new school, she pursues the one person she connects with — her handsome young teacher, Mr. Anderson (Josh Lucas). A bizarre love triangle ensues between Caroline, Mr. Anderson, and a stoner classmate (Reece Thompson). A mash up of genres and tones, Daydream Nation is a coming of age story for the 21st century. —TIFF
Still can't get over the use of Banhart's "Carmensita". Grooviest highlight ever.
What a special film! Dark and twisted but also very sexy. Reece Thompson is awkward and cute while Josh Lucas is...well...unbelievably handsome and somewhat deranged. But it's the writing that makes this movie work. Full of quotable lines and interesting insights into the minds of a town gone hysterical. 5 stars.
Just finished watching this! Stunning. "The sexual revolution is like any other revolution...there's going to be casualties."
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