The film stars Blake Jenner, Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Will Brittain, and Wyatt Russell.

Upperclassmen Roper and Finnegan both "strike out" with two women, but one of them, Beverly, says she likes Jake; he makes a note of her room number.

At a team meeting in the house, the coach introduces the new players, including freshmen Jake, Plummer, Beuter, Brumley, and transfer students Jay and Willoughby.

The team quickly disregards the rules and hosts a drunken party during which several players take women up to their bedrooms.

Jake leaves flowers and a note on Beverly's apartment door that night, then attends a massive party at the team's house.

The project is considered a "spiritual sequel" to Linklater's 1993 film Dazed and Confused, which was set on the last day of high school in 1976.

"[8] The film is based on Linklater's real-life experiences while attending Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

[9] In September, Linklater offered Jenner, Hoechlin, Russell, and Guzman roles as members of the baseball team the film focuses on.

finds Richard Linklater ambling through the past with a talented cast, a sweetly meandering story, and a killer classic rock soundtrack.

[6] Justin Chang of Variety wrote, "After the dramatic one-two punch of 'Before Midnight' and 'Boyhood,' a master of the modern hangout movie achieves his most sustained comic bliss-out in years.

"[25] Chang added, "Linklater indulges his characters' antics with such wild, free-flowing affection that you might miss the thoughtful undertow of this delightful movie: Few filmmakers have so fully embraced the bittersweet joy of living in the moment — one that's all the more glorious because it fades so soon.

"[30] Emily St. James of Vox wrote how the film, along with Dazed and Confused, Boyhood, and the Before Sunrise trilogy, shows how "Linklater is our best living American filmmaker when it comes to the subject of time.

[32] Jacob Hall of SlashFilm said, "Everybody Wants Some is powered by testosterone and bromance, but the quiet heart of the movie is Beverly (Zoey Deutch, in a star-making performance) who strikes up a relationship with Jake.

"[34] A criticism came from Amy Nicholson, who wrote in MTV that Linklater was too far into his career to be featuring female characters in underwritten parts.

come when they step out of their — and Linklater's — comfort zone and explore beyond the athletic dorms: a country bar, a disco, a punk show.

"[36] He contended "the way [Linklater] gets around having to confront the misogyny or homophobia that was a part of the world he decided to depict was basically to not have any gay people in it, or to not give any woman in the movie more than about five minutes of screen time".

[36] He concluded, "And since Linklater is the sort of director whose most recent work has been great because it’s so concerned with reality, it’s hard not to feel like this one is a big swing and a miss.