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IMDb rating 7.9
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Critic rating 9.2

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Critic A.A. Dowd
rated 9

There’s never been a movie quite like Boyhood, and it may be years before anyone works up the gumption to match its achievement.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Matt Zoller Seitz
rated 10

It's all a blur. The blur is indescribably moving.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...so ambitous and passionate that I can't imagine anyone cranking out another conventional coming-of-age picture. That genre now looks to be obsolete.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Liz Beardsworth
rated 10

A great big hug of a film, you don’t have to have been a boy to relate, just a child; nor do you have to have been a parent — just a person trying to figure it out.

Read full review at Empire
Stefan Kohler
rated 3

Nor very good

1 year ago
Critic Mark Kermode
rated 8

...equally insightful about the changing nature of motherhood, fatherhood, sisterhood and brotherhood, each theme explored with the same attention to time-spanning detail...

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Lisa Brygger
rated 8

...Linklater har altid været garant for naturtro figurer og realistisk dialog. Han kan om nogen skabe en emotionel sandfærdig film med personer, man kan relatere til.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Jacob Ludvigsen
rated 10

Mere end et årti krympet ned til en tre timers oplevelse, hvor de spor, tiden til hverdag sætter i os med umærkelige pennestrøg, pludselig står altoverskyggende frem.

Read full review at Soundvenue

Cast & Crew

Ethan Hawke
As Mason Evans Sr.
Marco Perella
As Bill Welbrock
Chris Doubek
As Guy in Diner
Mona Lee Fultz
As High School Teacher

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Follow the journey of Mason, a young boy growing up in Texas, as he navigates the ups and downs of life from childhood to adolescence. Alongside his parents and siblings, Mason experiences the joys and challenges of family, friendship, love, and self-discovery. This film offers a rare glimpse into the intimate lives of a family over the course of 12 years, providing an authentic portrayal of growth and change.

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