2014 · drama
Boyhood
Directed by Richard Linklater2h 45m2014
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Our read: Boyhood (2014) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- gentle
- intimate
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How Boyhood feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want life's small milestones accumulated across twelve years of filming.”
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