EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! some flow awards

Everybody Wants Some

Box Office: 4.6 Million

Budget: 10 Million

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%

Runtime: 1H 57M

Director: Richard Linklater

Writer(s): Richard Linklater

Where to Watch: Rent Amazon Prime $2.99 (WORTH IT)

In a Sentence: If you are a former/current/ or aspiring college athlete, and your stuck doing absolutely nothing with no one, I cannot fathom a better movie for you.

MVPa (Most Valuable Player (actor)) Jimmy Rollins 2007- Glen Powell as Finnegan

Why Jimmy Rollin MVP- This one is all about charm. Who has better presence on-screen than Glenn? Few if ANY. Jimmy Rollins gave you bite after bite after bite, one of the most likable players ever. Glenn isn't perfect in this, nor was Jimmy in 07'- but both made the most of what they had and look at the results. Jimmy was a flashy player and Glenn gives us some moments we will always remember.

I watched Set It Up and got introduced to both Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell, thank God. It is the type of movie I frankly would never even start, some backwash NETFLIX rom-com that they do not even care about, but because I'm a huge fan of Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs I figured I'd be a "Zappa", AKA a movie I watch the first 17 minutes of and never come back to again. It had been on the 'Flix for a while but after listening to THE BIG PICTURE Podcast and hearing their praise of not only Diggs, Liu and Deutch, but also an actor named Glen Powell who would be starring as GOOSE'S SON in the revamped TOP GUN: MAVERICK movie I had to see it. In THIS movie Glen is grooving with the best of them, rocking facial hair to die for, and carries a physique that is HIGHLY questionable for an alleged 22-year-old but we’ll let it slide.

Powell steals this movie because he, to me, is the only person who is actually being an authentic character (not to mention that smile & Charisma--- He is also a former college Lax bro, so he gets it). Everybody is close, but their either dialing it up a little to much or not enough, Powell masters the laid back upperclassmen athlete like no one in movie history? Is that possible? There is a certain swagger to a upper-class college athlete, and for the "good" ones a humility as well that I think Powell channels incredibly well in Everybody Wants some. Most of the time he's the life of the party, the man that's steering the ship for the teams nightly adventure, and although he's had his fair share of superb "mates" he’s also been the one left lonely at the end of the night too. A good upperclassmen is someone who earns your respect on the field, helps YOU earn it off the field, and never lets you feel too comfortable while at the same time always making sure you feel a part of the whole. I can think of no better example of that than Finnegan.

The Ron Artest "Oh S*** This just got real" Award- When Jack (Blake Jenner) enters the baseball house

Incoming Freshmen Jack walks into the baseball house and sees a hose running from outside, threw the house, then upstairs. When he cautiously walks up the steps a couple seniors see him coming and yell at him “Well go turn the fucking hose off kid”. At that point, we realize 3 things.

1st. Although I do think the house should be far dirtier, this is the type of shit that routinely happens when guys live together to long without parental supervision.

2nd. That upperclassmen are actually the worst. (But also sometimes the best)

3rd. This movie is going to f***.

The Lou Williams (Who "came off the bench" or rather, who wasn't necessarily a main character in the plot but ended up being better than almost anyone) Award- Temple Baker as Plummer

I originally had J. Quinton Johnson as Dale because he had the best dance moves, never said a mean word to anyone, and was kind of the middleman between the freshmen and upperclassmen. A glue guy if I may, but Plummer wins because he covers 3 iconic college athlete tropes. First, he is the guy who gets to high guy. There is ALWAYS an athlete who tries to burn with the best of em' and simple is over matched every time, dude can’t even remember his name let alone open his eyes. Second, he is the immediate "Never gonna play, but, a great time and is randomly good at one weird athletic thing" guy. Every team has a guy who when they get around the others knows he is out of place athletically, like no fu**ing chance man, but then is unstoppable at ping pong or in Plummer's case- Mini Basketball. Third, he gets with girls at a rate far better than you'd expect. See, the beautiful thing about Plummer is he does not shoot above his bridges- he plays HIS GAME. A lot of athletes think there hot shit, and that every pure bred is going to want to.... Well Plummer realizes this, and immediately steers his attention towards the girls who are currently being overlooked, but later on in the night will become as valuable as lube in a bathing house. He lets all the ego guys fight over the same 2 girls, he's just fine cashing in his ticket early with a high percentage shot. Whenever Plummer is in the frame, we know the movie is on to something.

The Angelina Jolie "I would like to Marry you" Award- The Girl in the closet.....

New name and a very bizarre inaugural winner. All I can tell you is the first house party sequence when All-American McReynolds (Tyler Hoechlin) ends up in the closet with the girl and we see, uh... ya know.. There above your belly button but below your neck... Generally two of them.... Varying sizes and shapes.... Its a great set F*** scene I MEAN, OKAY, it’s a great scene......

I tried to figure out her name on IMDB, even did some investigative reporting and could not come up with a thing. Amazon, which is amazing for this, generally has every actor listed who is within a given scene- YET- they leave out our Blooming Blonde (Jane Doe).. There really are not many, really any, prominent female characters in this movie besides our next winner so we go slightly off the board, but, nonetheless a person/prospect who has A LOT of potential.

The Jane Seymour (Who has aged the best (career) since this movie) Award- Zoey Deutch as Beverly

S/O Jane Seymour and S/O someone who has already been a huge aid to my initial Corono Quarantine, Zoey Deutch. THIRTEENTH on the call sheet for this movie, if it is being made today no way she’s past the top 3. First IMDB credit in 2011 (NCIS not bad), notable credits leading up to Everybody Wants Some!! are Suite Life on Deck, Criminal Minds, Switched at Birth (I remember those commercials), and Dirty Grandpa. Very solid start which helps her get this and since then has done work like Flower, The Year of Spectacular Men, Set it Up, and Zombie-land 2. She stared in one, co-starred in the other and was a part of an awesome cast in the last. I think it’s a great coin toss debate between who has the better career between Zoey and Glenn. Glenn has the better projects in the works with Top Gun and Most Dangerous Game (which Zoey is apparently in to).

She is someone who on screen you just like. That balance of everyday girl persona trapped in a body that is begging to be a model but tame enough to feel attainable. She has a similar vibe to an actress like Emma Stone to me, can play the bitch, the sweetheart, or the love interest- and in every role your invested in her. You like Zoey Deutch no matter what, and in the rare occasion you don't ya still can’t look away. Her personality is off the charts, and I think her ability to be a great scene partner alongside whomever she is with will be a huge reason she keeps nailing projects with big reaches and great talent.

The Andrew Wiggins (WE NEEDED MORE FROM YOU DUDE....) Award- Blake Jenner as Jake

There is a part of me that feels guilty about this.. I think Blake's acting is actually good for the most part in this one. He is calm, cool, and collected while having a certain charm to himself that the "Star Freshmen" ought to have. However, he lacks a certain it factor, in the right hands this is a Dirk Diggler type of opportunity if done right. Jake from Everybody Wants Some could have been iconic, instead it’s a launching pad movie for the other two aforementioned actors. But my BIGGEST qualm, he can’t play baseball. It’s readily apparent, his style, the way he moves out there, I can’t STAND the way he raises his glove when pitching before they cut away to a stunt double or how his hat looks with his hair weirdly on the sides. It’s all wrong, and I get its the 80's and it was different back then but my goodness.. His dancing is okay, good but not off the charts- Where Blake suffers is not from what he brought to the table, simply how much a character and role like this needs to have. I think Glen Powell 3 years earlier KILLS this role, and I bet the movie feels a lot different because of it to. Again, it’s the fact that this could have been one of the greatest, an All-Time sports movie athlete, but instead we get a guy who is doing his best to impersonate him.

LENA DUNHAM (FINAL WORD,,, LENA KINDA ALWAYS GETS THAT S/O GIRLS HBO) Commentary

Just a few final statements.

I think this is a good movie that could have been great. Kinda like Alex Gordon to use a baseball example.

I do think though in a different era this is a classic with how honest and authentic it is, but, with sooo much content out there I think great work like this sees its value come down a notch and gets lost in all the others good work.

We don’t get any baseball until the 1:18 mark.... Plus only 1 baseball sequence (A fall ball practice which is sooooo fall ball). I do not like it, but I do understand it.

The nightlife in this movie is awesome; I would do anything to be in college during the 80's or earlier.

The team ethos and shit talking is fantastic, the writing is what makes this movie stand apart.

SOPRANOS (Questions we will never get answers to)

Did Finnegan curse the team when he said they make the playoffs every year?

Does Jake make the starting rotation?

Will Willoughby find his way onto another college team?

Does Beverly ever get pregnant?

How fast can Jake throw?

Does McReynolds get to the show?

Will we ever seen Blooming Blonde again?