ThiefHott Too much of everything

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Shiptenkopeaches I have never related more to a movie in my entire life and that might be why I adore Boyhood. Richard Linklater used the same actors over the span of twelve years to make this movie and it is not just a gimmick. He captures small things that we tend to forget about while growing up, or, for adults, watching your kids grow up. Sometimes the child acting is rough around the edges but Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette are spot on and phenomenal. If someone else didn't care for this movie because it didn't touch them, I could even understand why, but this movie pounds through a very profound message. Our lives are all made up merely of moments that fall on top of one another. Sometimes you don't feel as you expect to in each moment, but at the end of it all, all these little moments add up to a life and reflecting on it all can be quite daunting. A lot of the deep messages come straight out of the mouths of the boy, Mason, and other side characters. This can be interpreted as bad writing, but when I look back to not so long ago when I was his age, I can see the similarities in our thinking. He talks like a lot of teens do and watching him makes you think about your own past and present angsty moments. Linklater specializes in films that portray realistic characters with realistic dialogue in realistic situations. This allows the audience to emotionally connect with his films. Boyhood is something special because there is at least one character for everyone that they can identify with. The movie is 2 hours 45 minutes but it flies by just like life does. This movie is nostalgic for anyone who grew up in the 2000s and is touching in so many ways. Boyhood is a modern classic.

Omer Levent It's a beautiful movie. It's a privilege to be drawn in 12 years. It was so beautiful to see it. It's a different experiment. Although it lasted for 2 hours and 40 minutes and went to an ordinary drama consistency, it was not boring. It was even fun and nice. It's a long film I wonder. I did not regret it. The characters could not be emphasized much. Apart from that everything was nice.

gridironusa Full disclosure: I'm writing this after skimming through other reviews. And I was struck by how many 1 and 10 ratings people gave this movie. No many middle number ratings given. But maybe the best art tends to be that way?Personally, I found it hard to watch due to the slow pace, the banal acting (except for Ethan Hawke, but of course his personality was in the script) and the ordinary cinematography. Not one character really drew me in or made me care that much about how things would work out for them.The ending scene when he finally arrives at college and finally finds life making some sense to him is good, but then you remember he was high at that moment, so was he truly fulfilled?Some serious editing needs to happen to get this from 2 hours, 45 minutes to maybe 1:45.

derekixen There were many times I laughed out loud in a theatre full of people opening weekend. Especially at the hilariously overacted abusive stepfather throwing things at the main character, and yelling:"I DON'T EVEN LIKE SQUASH!"I was the only one laughing.