Review of Boyhood (2014) by Jdb26354 — 09 Aug 2014
Earth to critics - Boyhood may have been a successful experiment, but it is by no means a masterpiece. A transcendent film should convey some memorable archetypes, and this film, for all its cataloguing of the experiences of growing up as a boy, with a sister, a mother, and several fathers - one biological, and the others there chiefly to display male shortcomings - comes up with few, if any.
Despite the protagonist's criticisms of Facebook - valid enough, in my view - the movie resolves into a timeline as much as anything else. It's not that I did not enjoy the movie - it was perfectly entertaining.
However, this is a film review site, and as such desperately needs some balance in the assessment of this particular offering.
This review of Boyhood (2014) was written by Jdb26354 on 09 Aug 2014.
Boyhood has generally received very positive reviews.
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