Boyhood

Year

2014

Duration

159 minutes

Genres

Coming of Age, Drama

Language

English

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Shot over 12 years, this epic but laidback and poignant film from US indie directing legend Richard Linklater follows a boy from Austin as he grows from childhood to college age, quietly rebelling against rules to find his own path and sense of self. Mason copes with some friction at home as his mother, who is studying for a Masters, moves the family in with a stern disciplinarian with an alcohol problem - a big change from Mason’s relaxed but irresponsibly slack dad. The changes over time in not only the cast but the era around them, its music and other atmospheric memory triggers are wonderfully captured in this acclaimed drama.

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Richard Linklater

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Strong language, sex references, drug use.

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