When a film takes years to make, it’s often not a good sign. Richard Linklater’s Boyhood took a total of 12 – and there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. He wanted it that way.
It follows Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows from a six year old boy to a young man of 18, going off to college. But there’s no change of actor. Instead, the director took the novel, and more…