Review of Boyhood (2014) by Manolo P — 18 Mar 2017

When a project is demanding, it manages to overcome the problems that arise from its years of filming and of which it never gives up, obtaining a fascinating and vibrant result, and it is only up to us to applaud and let our thoughts go.

Captivating, the story of an average child and what he goes through with his aparently normal family is hauntingly tender and revealing. Without using any extraordinary resources or extravagant events, as is the custom of the indie style of the last decade, this movie relates a series of events about the transition from childhood to adolescence of a boy, abandoning "the normal" I previously mentioned and passing along several circumstances that are determinant in his life and many of which are reflected as part of the experiences we have directly lived.

Although the film is long, it is never uncomfortable or boring, in fact it is quite catchy and allows the audience to find many matching points, sympathizing with the characters, who are incredibly original from beginning to end.

The argument is divided by stages, by important memories, and each scene flows without needing to be explained what is happening; They are events that function as if they were inside someone's narrative mind, chronicling themselves without anything else.

The nature of this drama is exciting, charming and leaves a good trail of thoughts of what is the journey of life, with its good and bad things, forming a project that is concretely and elegantly positioned as a great big message of what is this bit of moments that we can usually forget.

84/100.