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Jul 11, 2014 · This movie is truly its own thing, as eccentrically unique as Linklater's breakthrough " Slacker ," another Austin-set feature to which "Boyhood" feels (curiously) like a companion piece, or perhaps a bookend. Mason is a child of divorce. He and his mother and his sister move around a lot, all over Texas, a U.S. state as big as France.
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Jul 10, 2014 · Drama. R. 2h 45m. By Manohla Dargis. July 10, 2014. The first shot in “Boyhood,” Richard Linklater’s tender, profound film, is of a cloudy sky. The second is of a boy staring up at that sky ...
- Richard Linklater
- Manohla Dargis
- 165 min
Boyhood R Released Jul 18, 2014 2h 45m Drama TRAILER for Boyhood: Trailer 1 List Boyhood: Trailer 1 Boyhood: Trailer 1 1:45 View more videos ... View All Best Movies to Stream at Home.
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- Richard Linklater
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- Ellar Coltrane
By Richard Corliss. July 10, 2014 11:43 AM EDT. R ichard Linklater has said that “not much” happens in Boyhood, his new movie about a dozen years in the life of a Texas family. The biggest ...
- The Journey of Life
- Filmed Over 12 Years – A Gimmick?
- The Ups
- The Downs
- Physical and Mental Growth
- Conclusion
In the opening shot of Boyhood, we see a young boy laying out on the grass and staring up at the clouds, calm and content, his face and features motionless. He is undisturbed by anything else, blind to the world around him. In just this simple, seconds-long shot, the tone of Boyhoodis immediately set. This will not be a grandiose adventure that wil...
Hearing that, you might assume that the whole idea is just a gimmick, and that Richard Linklatermade this film just so that you are undeniably impressed with his skills and devotion to a single project over such a long period of time. In some ways, this may be true. But in many other ways, it is definitely not. In Boyhood, there is no issue as ther...
By far the most enjoyable moments of Boyhood come between Mason and his father, played by Ethan Hawkewith an infectious charisma. In one of the first scenes, Mason and Samantha go bowling with him, where they finally get to question where he has been for most of their lives. Mason, Sr., despite his obvious affections, is clearly not mature enough t...
But, like life, there are always two sides. As much as Mason Sr. has grown and matured into the person he wishes he was at the start, Patricia Arquette‘s Olivia has gone backwards. As a single mother raising two kids, she somehow still had the time to go back to school, eventually earning her degree and getting a well-paid job in teaching. She atte...
At its heart, though, Boyhoodis the story of Mason. While we clearly witness his physical change, especially towards the beginning when he seems to age by the second, we also see just the kind of person that he becomes when he is older. Mason is, in some ways, not your typical teenage kid, often having these strange ideas about what should and shou...
Throughout my many ramblings, you may have noticed that I never once mentioned the fact that Boyhooddid not win Best Picture at the Oscars this year. The reason for that is because I really did not want this review to sound like a bitter agenda-pusher, and I wanted to simply judge the movie on its own merits. I’ll say just one thing, though. Boyhoo...
Jul 11, 2014 · Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's Boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, Boyhood charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no ...
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Jul 11, 2014 · [This is a re-post of my review from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Boyhood opens today in limited release.] Boyhood is a miracle. It is truly unique. It is a masterpiece. It is one of the best ...
