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Boyhood - Movie Review
Director: - Richard
Linklater
Genre:- Drama
Release date:-
January 19, 2014 (Sundance Film Festival),
July 11, 2014 (United States)
January 19, 2014 (Sundance Film Festival),
July 11, 2014 (United States)
Duration:- 165 minutes
Cast:
Family- Ellar Coltrane as Mason Evans Jr.,
- Patricia Arquette as Olivia Evans,
- Lorelei Linklater as Samantha Evans,
- Ethan Hawke as Mason Evans Sr.,
- Marco Perella as Bill Welbrock,
- Jamie Howard as Mindy Welbrock,
- Andrew Villarreal as Randy Welbrock,
- Brad Hawkins as Jim,
- Jenni Tooley as Annie,
- Richard Andrew Jones as Annie's father,
- Karen Jones as Annie's mother,
- Bill Wise as Steve Evans,
- Libby Villari as Catherine,
- Zoe Graham as Sheena,
- Charlie Sexton as Jimmy,
- Barbara Chisholm as Carol,
- Cassidy Johnson as Abby,
- Richard Robichaux as Mason's boss,
- Steven Chester Prince as Ted,
- Tom McTigue as Mr. Turlington,
Produced
by:
- Richard Linklater,
- Cathleen Sutherland,
- Jonathan Sehring,
- John Sloss,
Cinematography:
Lee Daniel
Shane Kelly
Shane Kelly
Language:
English
Country:
United States
Distributed
by:
IFC Films
Review: In the changing world
of cinema today, too many films (and
its directors) literally demands your
respect, simply because in their mind they feel they have something, something done
on the step. Only a handful of these films really deserve respect. Among them, some deserve for their ballsy concept,
through their courageous actions, and
some just for your type of restrictions
do not pose cinematography. Adolescence is one of the rarest of rare films that deserve all these factors into account.
When I heard of adolescence, a few years ago, made me excited and scared. Take 12 years to make a film, filming parts of a few months a year, was something I had never done before in the film, anywhere in the world. But 12 years is a long time, as long as it is impossible for you to anticipate what might happen. Perspectives can change, people can fall in love with the project, have tonal inconsistencies and tragedies happen every day. Also, if you're so close to something for a long period of time, it is easy to lose objectivity and sense of judgment.
The "child" in adolescence Mason is just an innocent child, and modest 6 years who lives with his mother and sister. He could not be distinguished from other street children, and this is exactly the intention of the film. It tells the simple story of an ordinary boy, a story that could be good for you. In the 12 years that the film covers, Mason goes through all the emotions and phase you and your children have / experience.
Mason is the physical embodiment of each complex thought, every emotion, every dilemma that you experienced. Have difficulty to cope with the divorce of their parents, not the abuse stepfathers (plural), social pressure to fit in, teen attraction, substance abuse, feeling attached, the search for meaning in the life of her first sorrow and the sweet taste of freedom, go for it. And Ellar Coltrane is a revelation in the role of children in conflicts that drives a man in conflict. He also asked comfortable playing the boy to his father or goblins and magic in the real world and the adult who asks his father kissed his new girlfriend. The intensity of his tirades on the superficial nature of the world and the people that make you want to jump into the conversation (to support, of course).
Linklater catch every moment in the life of a child, sparing no detail. From a young Mason hears his mother reading the new Harry Potter book to go to him to sleep, and talk to his father about the collection of snake vertebrae; a little older Mason listening to country music with his father, to camp with him and discuss Star Wars; a teen and Mason discuss contraception with him and get his first beer; each chapter of your life feels authentic and reality because people hear in a restaurant.
Whatever amount of attention to detail, you can never really understand the nuances and pop cultural phenomena of recent years. But adolescence, in which annually recognized for 12 years, should have the advantage that in the past. Whether in clothing, music, madness around Harry Potter, reading the oath of Texas in Texas schools, Obama opposes McCain election, or life in general, every little detail is captured Linklater by the camera, as a kind of video diary or a message to people to watch the movie in the future.
A department where Richard Linklater has always been ahead of the competition is to develop the characters. It not only gives the characters a backstory and scenes from participation in, it actually gives you a brain, the ability to make choices and errors. Drivers in his films, including Mason, ever holier than thou saints or great people. They are just people who make good decisions or bad. Mason-laws are probably the most unlikeable people in the film, but they are never presented as evil or deliberately offensive. They are just victims of the tragedy that is called life.
The character of the (biological) father Mason is played by Ethan Hawke a frequent contributor Linklater and lead actor and co-writer of his El Before Trilogy. His character is still a lot of mystery to the first half of the film, volatile and leaves the procedure without actually reveal a lot about themselves, apart from the fact that he is a democrat at heart. It was in the second half that Mr. Mason really blossomed. Ethan Hawke, an actor being a hawk, slots and much of what he has and is serious and extremely charming and funny father. He goes to the screen with her presence and no way you can not keep your eyes.
Patricia Arquette, as the mother of Mason, the character is probably the most fucked up movie. It has the most horrible taste in men, with three ex-husbands and a failed relationship. Or as Mason said, "a parade of drunken idiots." But Arquette has evil in his character and plays her role with a flourish. Lorelei Linklater, daughter of Richard Linklater, Mason's sister plays and gives an arrest as a young woman who has her own shit for the show.
The film manages to hit every mark Linklater. This is a great picture of Daniel Lee and Shane F. Kelly, in a way that you feel like watching a silent spectator to all people about their lives. There is so much talk, and dialogues are natural Linklater and intelligent than ever. Never seem as if they were pushed into the groove of the actor, and always something to think about giving. Linklater fact a huge uncut dialogue sequence before the movies, Wink Wink kind of time for their devoted followers. But above all, the film has a big heart, and managed to get to see that without emotionally manipulative.
The teenagers not only entertaining film. It's also a rewarding experience. Every second minute spent on the film over 12 years is visible in each image, each series, each dialogue, even fantastic compiled the soundtrack is a masterpiece in itself. You leave the theater thinking that you are a person smarter and better. While the illusion does not last long, the experience of seeing teenagers stay with you for a long time. If that's not enough to watch this film, you (and Linklater Before Trilogy), I do not know what is.
When I heard of adolescence, a few years ago, made me excited and scared. Take 12 years to make a film, filming parts of a few months a year, was something I had never done before in the film, anywhere in the world. But 12 years is a long time, as long as it is impossible for you to anticipate what might happen. Perspectives can change, people can fall in love with the project, have tonal inconsistencies and tragedies happen every day. Also, if you're so close to something for a long period of time, it is easy to lose objectivity and sense of judgment.
The "child" in adolescence Mason is just an innocent child, and modest 6 years who lives with his mother and sister. He could not be distinguished from other street children, and this is exactly the intention of the film. It tells the simple story of an ordinary boy, a story that could be good for you. In the 12 years that the film covers, Mason goes through all the emotions and phase you and your children have / experience.
Mason is the physical embodiment of each complex thought, every emotion, every dilemma that you experienced. Have difficulty to cope with the divorce of their parents, not the abuse stepfathers (plural), social pressure to fit in, teen attraction, substance abuse, feeling attached, the search for meaning in the life of her first sorrow and the sweet taste of freedom, go for it. And Ellar Coltrane is a revelation in the role of children in conflicts that drives a man in conflict. He also asked comfortable playing the boy to his father or goblins and magic in the real world and the adult who asks his father kissed his new girlfriend. The intensity of his tirades on the superficial nature of the world and the people that make you want to jump into the conversation (to support, of course).
Linklater catch every moment in the life of a child, sparing no detail. From a young Mason hears his mother reading the new Harry Potter book to go to him to sleep, and talk to his father about the collection of snake vertebrae; a little older Mason listening to country music with his father, to camp with him and discuss Star Wars; a teen and Mason discuss contraception with him and get his first beer; each chapter of your life feels authentic and reality because people hear in a restaurant.
Whatever amount of attention to detail, you can never really understand the nuances and pop cultural phenomena of recent years. But adolescence, in which annually recognized for 12 years, should have the advantage that in the past. Whether in clothing, music, madness around Harry Potter, reading the oath of Texas in Texas schools, Obama opposes McCain election, or life in general, every little detail is captured Linklater by the camera, as a kind of video diary or a message to people to watch the movie in the future.
A department where Richard Linklater has always been ahead of the competition is to develop the characters. It not only gives the characters a backstory and scenes from participation in, it actually gives you a brain, the ability to make choices and errors. Drivers in his films, including Mason, ever holier than thou saints or great people. They are just people who make good decisions or bad. Mason-laws are probably the most unlikeable people in the film, but they are never presented as evil or deliberately offensive. They are just victims of the tragedy that is called life.
The character of the (biological) father Mason is played by Ethan Hawke a frequent contributor Linklater and lead actor and co-writer of his El Before Trilogy. His character is still a lot of mystery to the first half of the film, volatile and leaves the procedure without actually reveal a lot about themselves, apart from the fact that he is a democrat at heart. It was in the second half that Mr. Mason really blossomed. Ethan Hawke, an actor being a hawk, slots and much of what he has and is serious and extremely charming and funny father. He goes to the screen with her presence and no way you can not keep your eyes.
Patricia Arquette, as the mother of Mason, the character is probably the most fucked up movie. It has the most horrible taste in men, with three ex-husbands and a failed relationship. Or as Mason said, "a parade of drunken idiots." But Arquette has evil in his character and plays her role with a flourish. Lorelei Linklater, daughter of Richard Linklater, Mason's sister plays and gives an arrest as a young woman who has her own shit for the show.
The film manages to hit every mark Linklater. This is a great picture of Daniel Lee and Shane F. Kelly, in a way that you feel like watching a silent spectator to all people about their lives. There is so much talk, and dialogues are natural Linklater and intelligent than ever. Never seem as if they were pushed into the groove of the actor, and always something to think about giving. Linklater fact a huge uncut dialogue sequence before the movies, Wink Wink kind of time for their devoted followers. But above all, the film has a big heart, and managed to get to see that without emotionally manipulative.
The teenagers not only entertaining film. It's also a rewarding experience. Every second minute spent on the film over 12 years is visible in each image, each series, each dialogue, even fantastic compiled the soundtrack is a masterpiece in itself. You leave the theater thinking that you are a person smarter and better. While the illusion does not last long, the experience of seeing teenagers stay with you for a long time. If that's not enough to watch this film, you (and Linklater Before Trilogy), I do not know what is.
