Boyhood - 23/07/2014
Filmed over 35 days in a 12 year period, Boyhood tracks the life of Mason from 5 year old to 18. Mason and his family, sister Sam, Mom (Patricia Arquette) and divorced Dad (Ethan Hawke) experience new step-fathers, weekend visits from Dad, money problems, new partners, and growing up.
Boyhood could easily have been called Sisterhood, Motherhood or Fatherhood rather than just Boyhood as the whole family is in focus. for me, Sisterhood would have been the best film as Sam was hilarious as a youngster.
Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke are superb as the divorced parents and when Dad turned up for weekend visits I found myself happy to see him as well. Boyhood has a good outlook on life although the kids really have a hard upbringing.
Filmed as snapshots of each year, the cast actually grows with the film. Technology and soundtrack indicate the years as they pass. I think this is a potential Oscar winning film based on how it was filmed, and I did enjoy it, but i think there could have been a few years skipped as the just short of 3 hour running time seemed to be slow at certain points.
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