The film stars Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Lorelei Linklater, and is opening in theaters July 11th. Click here to read our full review from Sundance 2014 and hit the break to check out the trailer and synopsis.
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.
Easily the best film I’ve seen this year and if it’s not in my top three at the end of the year I’ll be shocked!
I’m sure it’ll land on my top ten as well. I kind of thought I would look at the whole twelve year thing as nothing more than a cool little gimmick, but I was astounded at just how incredibly moved I was by the whole experience.