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Why the actual freak does this exist? Why do we need to know about some person named mason? Who cares? Super dumb name for a title, and its rated R too? Why? And why did critics give such high scores to this garbage? Imagine giving Mario Galaxy Movie a 37 but this trite a 100

I found this such a slog. Don't bother if you want something to actually happen in a movie.

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Man I love this film. Everything here felt so realistic and relatable. The direction is impressive! Definitely had a shot at winning best picture in the oscars.

Such a raw and unique take on a family and coming-of-age film. It's almost scary how much the boy grows up to resemble Ethan Hawke.

Excellent movie! This movie can be watched with friends and family. The filmed over a decade with same cast.

If watching twelve years of a child's life for about 3 hours has its charm, it is because Linklater did his best to make the development of the plot, and the characters, look completely natural, realistic. It is not superfluous to see it.

Never before have i seen a film try hard to accomplish absolutely nothing. Each scene more aimless than the next, saying nothing. A propagandist whirlwind of nepotism which throws you violently into the future on a whim. Oh, i **** you not, a white lady tells a hispanic landscaper guy that hes smart, and due to his long hours, that he should do night classes. Because of course she would.

Boyhood is more than a movie. It's a perfect encapsulation of the universal experience of growing up with all its awkwardness and absurdity. Ethan Hawke are absolutely outstanding in supporting roles and Richard Linklater directs masterfully creating one of the purest examinations of the teenage experience committed to celluloid. A masterpiece.

Boyhood is the anti-movie by excellence. Nothing ever happens on its almost 3 hours of runtime. Nothing. Believe me, I stayed for the whole movie at the cinema waiting for something, anything, to ever happen, as my watch kept running while I was in disbelief; "where is this perfect movie every critic is praising to the highest highs!?". I have never left my seat during a movie at the cinema, not even for a quick visit to the snack bar o toilet. With Boyhood I should have started. That's my only regret, and that's how I will remember this movie. The one I should have quit long before its final credits started rolling on the big screen. Because there is nothing, nothing, on Boyhood besides it's 12 years of shootings, a remarkable experiment of course, that in no way can save this failed attempt of a movie, much less give it a place next to the absolute masterpieces of cinema history.

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This movie is one of the artistic , popular, effectiveness and best movie ever i saw in all of my life , one of the memorial movie .

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Meh Kinda Boring

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A brilliant, visionary idea that is based on truth, so it mixes everything in life: humor, sadness, bitterness and joy, as well as stupid women. Still, it's definitely not among the best movies ever made.

While an interesting experiment (similar to the "7 Up" series), this film is unsuccessful in telling an engrossing story. Does the viewer really care how this kid is going to turn out?

One of the best movies I have ever watched. It really makes you feel like you are growing up with the Characters.

Richard Linklater's epic coming-of-age film, Boyhood, is an incredible film. Expertly directed, written, and edited. This movie teaches you not to live your life as a series of milestones, but to remember the little things, the good and the bad. Strangely, the characters I found myself focusing on more than the main character, were his parents, Mason Evans, Sr.(Ethan Hawke), and Olivia Evans (brilliantly played by Patricia Arquette).

Not as great as many american critics made out to be, but it's a good coming of age movie for sure.

The most boring movie of all time. I fell asleep watching this, woke up, rewinded it and fell asleep again. The cure for insomnia: Boyhood

An Amazing, elaborated description of how the life , and the years passing process in a boy and the different phases in the ones he is immersed in this movie is legendary and it is relatable to most youngmen and gives a mix of sadness, humor, and nostalgia really shows reality, great script, and great actors. This being the reason why this experience called boyhood is enjoyable as this movie only is.

This film is one of the most successful cinematographic experiments ever and certainly the most successful of the last 20 years. A film characterized by unique delicacy and refinement. It is the narrative arc of each individual character that creates the whole story and the result is astounding. A wonderful direction, a montage of the same level and a cinematography of great depth for this indisputable masterpiece.

Very unique slice of life movie. Being from Kazakhstan, I kinda got the grasp of average American life.

I can not believe this high rating for this absolutely non-special film. I admit that the fact that I cannot bear Ethan Hawke influences this judgement a bit too.

this was one of the most overhyped films iv ever seen. this is such a slow, boring, not that well-acted mess of a film. the concept of a movie taking 12+ years is super interesting but in execution, it's not that fun of a watch, Ellar Coltrane whiles yes was literally a boy growing into a man, his acting skills don't feel well developed throughout the movie and it becomes monotonous and annoying to watch and this basically goes for the rest of the cast. again the best way to sum this film up is that its a really cool idea but isn't a good movie

The idea behind this film was a fantastic one. It sought to do what no previous film had ever attempted, that being filming the actors over several years as they grew rather than trying to cast others who looked similar at various ages. That in and of itself is a remarkable feat. However, like many films that try to accurately emulate what real life is like, this story didn't have much of a plot. It is understandably difficult to have an overarching theme when trying portray the life and struggles of an adolescent boy. That is perhaps why this particular film seemed to wander significantly. There were a couple of really good scenes and a few powerful lessons that one could take away from this motion picture, but simply good scenes, unfortunately, do not make a good movie.

I don't mind thoughtful, slow-paced films, honestly, I don't. I love a lot of them. But this film. I **** it!!! It left me cold!

its kind of filled with emptiness and as words describe itself in it hard skined life when not much to see ahead its get boring. a growing man getting advice from all the people who are shaping his world which is not quite good because he wants freedom to get his own experience and all that

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This is a great film. This is a great film. This is a great film. This is a great film.

On rare occasions, a movie seems to channel the flow of real life. Boyhood is one of those occasions. In its ambition, which is matched by its execution, Richard Linklater's endearing epic is not only rare but unique.

This is absolutely not mediocre. This movie is fantastic. Boyhood is a journey of a boy and his family. wonderful

Great movie, effort was worth it. Also soundtrack is amazing had to look it up after finishing the movie!

"We always thought we could hold the time, but in the end it was the time that held us"

12 years of production have ultimate boredom in return Throughoutly unengaging and I could only wish he grew up faster

Retrata de manera maravillosa 12 años de una infancia muy semejante a la de la mayoria de personas anglosajonas

I think this might be the most overrated movie of all time. Metacritic has it in their top 5 of all movies ever by critic score. If you've watched it, it should be clear that, while not a terrible movie, it is certainly nowhere close to a top 5 movie of all time. Certainly filming the same children for 12 years is a neat **** its still a gimmick. The rest of the film surrounding that gimmick is really nothing all that special. The acting is okay. Cinematography is pedestrian. The screenplay is pedestrian. The story of growing up presented here itself is not very compelling. Sorry to say but the child actors here really were very bad at acting (not that that could have been foreseen when they started). The only really neat or special part of this movie is watching the children age as the film progresses, which does not by itself make it deserving of a perfect score for film-making all time. Because that's just a gimmick, not a complete film. I thought the evolution of Ethan Hawke's character was the most interesting part of the film, but everyone else was pretty boring. It is worth watching, but come on this is not one of the best movies of all time.

Twelve years of making this movie; twelve years of pacience to wait; twelve years of perfection.

Oh dis donc, 12 ans pour faire un film... record battu ! et c'est donc "ça" qui fait le buzz puisque les mêmes acteurs et actrices sont venus pointer régulièrement pour aider au remplissage de cette espèce de chronique (?) de la vie quotidienne d'une famille recomposée décomposée et voire plus si affinités. Il ne faut par conséquent pas s'étonner que le film dépasse les 2h40, car en vérité, ç'aurait pu être pire... quoique en l'état, ce machin très psycho-social est déjà périmé avant d'être fini ou éventuellement consommé. C'est d'une banalité et d'un ennui rarement atteints et ça n'a aucun intérêt. Ni du côté dramatique ou mélodramatique, ni du côté de la comédie, ni... d'aucun côté en fait. On préfère à dire vrai se taper une saison entière de Derrick que les deux heures et trois quarts de ce machin qui brasse de la merde à n'en plus pouvoir. C'était bien la peine d'y passer 12 ans... 6 mois auraient suffi. Et encore...

Why the heck is this considered such a great movie. Very dull and lack luster performances.

I was so excited to see this film! I wanted to give this movie a good review, but it just really falls flat. I remember sitting down and watching it all the way through with high hopes and I came out with nothing but disappointment. The protagonist is an ass-hat, his mother is naive and allows herself to enter abusive relationships, and the film just drags on endlessly. It is filled to the brim with horrible dialogue and very mediocre acting! The critics must have been payed off because this film is so far from a 100! **** Boyhood! It really is not a good film!

Let's be honest, without the gimmick of being shot over 12 years this film is needlessly slow and borning. The only saving grace is that it was somewhat interesting seeing the actors age naturally over time but that doesn't save from the absolutely boring and cliche plot.

Incredibly risky production and truly relatable to the lives of everyone I know.

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,

Linklater has given us many amazing cinematic experiences, but this is his masterpiece. Not only is this film a heartbreakingly honest portrayal of growing up, but it should be mandatory for students to watch before graduating from high schoool. Even two years after its release, my eyes still water every time I think about this film. Hawke delivers one of his finest performances, but Arquette's raw emotion will steal your heart and connect with every person who understands what single-parenting feels like. In her last scene of the film, Arquette delivers a heartbreaking line that will break the heart of every mother (and father) who has raised a child to adulthood. This film will go down as one of the greatest cinematic experiences to ever come out of Hollywood

The film is so simple in its concept and execution that you almost forget you're watching a movie and just relax and live alnongside its characters.

Boyhood is basically a good movie, and it was made in a way that, miraculously, ended up working. But ultimately, I have to pose the question of whether or not the story presented here will hold up next to timeless classics like The Godfather, and I don't think it will. Great on a technical level and definitely worth one watch, at least, the film ultimately succumbs to pretentious posturing. Not for me.

It has its uniqueness thing going. That's for sure. But then you realize part of it is its lack of real drama and proper plot. Still, when it hits, it hits true and it just strikes you how coherent and well thought it all is. Great attention to detail. It's not boring even though it's long and it's not superficial like most of European artsy stuff. Linklater never disappoints

A truly amazing movie. From childhood to college... and the fact that they took 12 years to film it? stuning!