Boyhood (2014) - Movie Review
Sometimes, I see a movie that is not like anything else I have ever seen. A list of these films for me would include Gravity , Inception , (believe it or not) Les Miserables , and Flight . I guess I'll be adding Boyhood to that list as well. However, unlike the other films on this list, what makes Boyhood unique is not its story, its characters, or its themes: it's the production. As some of you may know, Boyhood was shot in less than fifty days over twelve years with the same cast and crew. Talk about a gamble. There was no telling what would happen if one of the principal actors just suddenly died or if the director's own daughter, playing Mason's sister, decided not to be in her dad's movie anymore. Thankfully, the entire cast and crew stayed together for all twelve years of production, making one of the most unique films of all time. Without this method of production, we wouldn't have the unique story, deep characters, or the rich themes present i...