Click here to copy URL

Boyhood

The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (BBC)

Boyhood

2014

Richard Linklater

Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater ...

7.2

49,403

Drama Filmed over 12 years (in 39 shooting days from 2002 to 2013) with the same cast, 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"'Boyhood' is an epic about the ordinary (...) a film that can be plain on a moment-to-moment basis but is something quite special in its entirety."	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Linklater has created an uncanny time capsule, inviting auds to relive their own upbringing through a series of artificial memories."	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"What an astonishing achievement; what a beautiful movie. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"[It] is an entrancing, one-of-a-kind act of dramatic storytelling: a beautiful stunt of a movie."	POS
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"In completing this simple, beautiful project Linklater took his time. And he rewards ours. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"'Boyhood' is an epic masterpiece that seems wholly unconcerned with trying to be one. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"These are people you know, maybe people like you."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Richard Linklater's coming-of-age tale is the best movie of the year, a four-star game-changer that earns its place in the cultural time capsule. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.