Boyhood

[Brian in Mesa]

Boyhood

Release Date: July 11, 2014 (limited)
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Richard Linklater
Screenwriter: Richard Linklater
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for language including sexual references, and for teen drug and alcohol use)
Website: Boyhoodmovie.com | Facebook

Starring: Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Ethan Hawke

Plot Summary: 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 (a breakthrough performance by 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 other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue. "Boyhood" is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting. It's impossible to watch Mason and his family without thinking about our own journey.

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[FArting]

Saw this with my friend at Harkins Camelview 5. Theater was really packed.

Movie was really good.

 

[Absolute Zero]

My film geru son got me into watching Linklater films this Summer, so I am looking forward to this one. If you haven't seen Slacker or Waking Life and don't mind things that are a bit off the wall, you may want to check them out.

 

[JerkFace]

Saw this with my friend at Harkins Camelview 5. Theater was really packed.

Movie was really good.

We got there 30 minutes early and it was already sold out.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Plot Summary: Filmed over 12 years with the same cast,

Filmed over 12 years with the same cast. That's amazing!

 

[UncleChris]

Filmed over 12 years with the same cast. That's amazing!

Agree with what you say here.

However, as I movie I found it overly long, a bit stiff in places and nonsensical in others. It scored 98% on RT, but although I thought it was good, I didn't find it great.

 

[Bada0Bing]

Agree with what you say here.

However, as I movie I found it overly long, a bit stiff in places and nonsensical in others. It scored 98% on RT, but although I thought it was good, I didn't find it great.

I'm with you. I thought it was neat film making, but the story wasn't interesting to me.

Haha we weren't the only ones:

Richard Linklater cast his daughter Lorelei Linklater as Samantha because she was always singing and dancing around the house and wanted to be in his movies. At about the third or fourth year of filming, she lost interest and asked for her character to be killed off. Linklater refused, saying it was too violent for what he was planning (Lorelei eventually regained her enthusiasm and continued with the project).