SummaryFive college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Directed By:Kevin Reynolds
Written By:Kevin Reynolds
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There is a sense of déjà vu all right, but this is an extremely attractive valediction to youth, with farcical underpinnings ably handled by Reynolds.
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Fandango emerges as a quite promising feature debut by writer-director Kevin Reynolds, with its feet squarely within the overused boys-coming-of-age genre but its heart betraying an appealingly anarchic, iconoclastic bent.
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Kevin Reynolds, who wrote and directed Fandango, is for the most part making just another coming-of-age film. But at its best, his debut feature has an appealing boisterousness, and it successfully walks a fine line between sensitivity and swagger.
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Since FANDANGO never has anything to say about its well-worn themes, the film quickly becomes boring and predictable.
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Fandango overreaches badly and sinks under a heavy weight of symbolism, bathos and sheer preposterousness that no amount of humor and incident can redeem.
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Mar 25, 2026
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Great casting, cinematography and soundtrack elevate the basic college buddies go on a road trip plot just a notch above average meter. Sadly the disperate plot elements introduced never quite coalesce into anything greater and yet it doesn't really matter as it's just a fun road trip with friends (weirdly specific parashooting sequence aside). Interesting that costner and the director later went on to work on prince of thieves and waterworld. Entertaining if you're a fan of the cast/genre.
Production Company:
- Warner Bros.
- Amblin Entertainment
Release Date:Jan 25, 1985
Duration:1 h 31 m
Rating:PG
Tagline:It's the privilege of youth.
