SubUrbia

It's a slacker version of Waiting for Godot, except that Godot is "the geek who played folk music at the senior prom" and he is now a rock star whose homecoming reunites him with the old gang: aimless twentysomethings who spend their nights loitering outside the local convenience store. Richard Linklater has made some great films about hanging out (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise), but his casual touch is no match for Eric Bogosian's sledgehammer script based on his own play. Optional. (K. Lee Benson)