Roger Ebert among others liked to say that it wasn't "what a film is about" but rather "how it was about it." That's true of course, as obviously it's what separates a superhero origin story like Spider-Man and an origin story like Green Lantern. And on the surface, Richard Linklater's Boyhood is basically a well-acted and often poignant look at a perhaps somewhat generic American childhood. But the reason we are talking about the film 32 weeks after its release is the manner in which it...
Roger Ebert among others liked to say that it wasn't "what a film is about" but rather "how it was about it." That's true of course, as obviously it's what separates a superhero origin story like Spider-Man and an origin story like Green Lantern. And on the surface, Richard Linklater's Boyhood is basically a well-acted and often poignant look at a perhaps somewhat generic American childhood. But the reason we are talking about the film 32 weeks after its release is the manner in which it...
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