Review of Boyhood (2014) by Djdyspeptic — 18 May 2015
I honestly don't understand what all the fuss is about regarding Linklater's films. They all end up seeming like love letters to himself. You don't get any insight into how the mother's second and third mates turn out to be failures as men and as husbands -- they're just "bad guys.
" I guess bad father figures are such a given in movies like this, that as a filmmaker you don't have to lift a finger to make them, what, motivated? "Look -- sensitive young boy. Bad dad.
Mom's a jewel, always doing her best but kind of a screw-up herself." Yawn.
This review of Boyhood (2014) was written by Djdyspeptic on 18 May 2015.
Boyhood has generally received very positive reviews.
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