Writer-Director Richard Linklater’s
latest film, Boyhood, is a
magnificent feat of filmmaking. Filmed over twelve years with the same cast,
the film charts the life of a boy growing up in Texas from the ages of six to
eighteen. It’s an amazing experiment, but is it a good film?
The film follows Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he deals with life and growing up. His parents, Olivia and Mason Sr. (Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke), have already split once the film starts and we get to see the influence each of them has on his life. Mason and his older sister Samantha (Lorelei Linklater) live with their mother full-time and have to move around a few times as she marries and divorces and works on furthering her education. The way the film was shot, we get to see these characters age naturally before our very eyes, which is fascinating for a film. We follow Mason all the way up to his going off to college, but the majority of the three-hour film takes place in his teens.
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