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Netflix subscribers browsing the streaming library can now press play on Boyhood. Director Richard Linklater’s 2014 movie joined the streamer on October 19th without advanced announcement. The movie stars Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke in an epic coming-of-age drama centered around Mason Evans Jr. “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes with a 97% critic score and holding a rare 100 out of 100 score on Metacritic, the movie tracks the joys and pitfalls of growing up over a 12-year period from the ages of 6 to 18.
Why You Should Watch Boyhood
Boyhood is exactly what it sets out to be – a cinematic time capsule of childhood. The movie was a groundbreaking endeavor that was filmed over a 12-year period with the same actors and a script that was developed throughout that period, giving an authentic and emotional look at a single boy’s life and the passage of time. The movie reinvents the coming-of-age story as an authentic and cumulative depiction of childhood that captures the real, unscripted process of growing up by showing the seemingly small, everyday moments that help shape us, with Linklater crafting a film that serves as an intimate reflection not just on childhood and life, but also parenthood.
