Boyhood 12th Anniversary

Name: Boyhood 12th Anniversary
Duration: 2 h 45 min

2hr 45m

2hr 45m
3.8/5 (90.9K)
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The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college. More Details »

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Trailer for Boyhood (01:39)
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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Richard Linklater

Producer:

Richard Linklater, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss

Writer:

Richard Linklater

Release Date:

Jul 31, 2026

Runtime:

2hr 45m

Synopsis

The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.

Cast

Ellar Coltrane
Patricia Arquette
Elijah Smith
Lorelei Linklater
Steven Chester Prince
Bonnie Cross
Sydney Orta
Libby Villari
Ethan Hawke
Marco Perella

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.8

RATINGS 9.9K FANS

3.8

Feb 6, 2019

ethan hawke gets hotter as this goes on

8.3K Likes

yazz! *･ﾟ✧

Oct 21, 2016

i just... i cant believe they spent 12 years making this goddamn movie only for mason to end up becoming a boring stoner kid

6.3K Likes

👽hayley👽

Dec 24, 2014

After finishing Boyhood and slowly gathering my thoughts on it I did what I usually do, fly over to Letterboxd to jot those thoughts down before they escape me. What I wasn't prepared for was what happened when I saw that poster. It was a slap in the face, a jarring…

6.1K Likes

DirkH
Jul 11, 2020

ethan hawke really went from : 😉🖤🎸🎳🗣🍟 to 🤠✝️🇺🇸🙏🏻🚐👨🏻 saddest character development

3.8K Likes

abi 🖤

Jan 20, 2015

It also took me 12 years to finish this, where is my Oscar nom??

3.1K Likes

Luis

Aug 4, 2019

so you're telling me linklater spent 12 years of his life documenting some pretentious kid's emo phase

3.1K Likes

shannon
May 8, 2014

"You think they'll ever make another STAR WARS movie?"

2.5K Likes

matt lynch

A miserable experience that thinks it's way more profound than it actually is. It has nothing to say and its only value as a film comes from the novelty of its gimmick. Watch Lady Bird or The Florida Project instead.

2.2K Likes

James (Schaffrillas)

Nov 12, 2016

great documentation of life, half way through and you want it to be over

2.2K Likes

Jay

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Nooo liked

Boyhood

Now I was initially going to say I loved this movie while I was watching the first half but once mason(main character) got older the movie started to get really I guess you could say existential. Now as a teenager that part of the movie was kinda interesting but also sorta boring

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Milaaarrr is "meh" on

Boyhood

Had high expectations for this film, it’s more of a documentary/home video type vibe which was an interesting concept - just felt it lacked a sort of climax or purpose…rather revolutionary for its time though

🔥 👀 4 3Y

valen liked

Boyhood

Siento que hemos crecido juntos.. Evento canónico la fase cringe criminal de los 15 btw

😂 3 2Y
emma liked

Boyhood

its a very unique film, and its so cool seeing the kid growing up throughout the movie

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Ohfudgecake loved

Boyhood

Amazing movie, the ending was a bit meh and lowkey cliche. I really liked that they took a different approach to filming, which meant you could really see the kids grow up, instead of just switching actors like in most movies. The movie had a few confusing grow up moments and I felt like there was…

🔥 2 1Y

Clay Werner loved

Boyhood

9.9 - God damn this hits like a ton of bricks to my slightly older self. A truly singular experience. It’s a steady stream of both nostalgia & wistfulness. There’s moments here that feel ripped right from my own life. There’s moments that make me yearn for parts of my youth I missed. The…

🔥 1 1Y
Wilson Reynolds loved

Boyhood

Plot: 8.7 Acting: 9.1 Music: 9.2 Cinematography: 9.1 Writing: 8.9 Ending: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Incredible concept and very well executed, great acting from the main character, plot felt a little week but It felt just like a normal life so I guess it works, loved how the music was based off of the songs…

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Superbad liked

Boyhood

Solid movie thats uniquely filmed to follow the life of a boy as he ages and experiences problems throughout his life, with the actors all aging in real time I think their choice on making the kid an existentialist was a little meh but it didn’t take much from the movie

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Isabel disliked

Boyhood

while I commend the effort of this project, the story just does not work. so many of the plot threads just end up forgotten while waiting for the next shooting block, so that over the whole span of the movie it feels like really nothing happened at all?

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