:Review by Eric Weinstein:
Three hours of precious time of my life wasted!! I rather watch water boil or paint dry. For 3 hours the only story was about a child's life from 7 to 18. We watch the child interact with his friends his sibling, his mother, his father and step parents and maybe a girlfriend. He argues with his sister. He plays video games. That's it.
This movie was pitched as watching someone grow up on the screen. The production company forgot to include a story. If you want to watch a more memorable movie, load you old family videos on the VHS player and watch them with your adult children. Don't forget to make popcorn and bring out the candy.
Net net: You will have saved 3 hours of your life and about 25 dollars if you miss it.
From Rotten Tomatoes:
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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