Ah, the swift arrow of time, and the fleeting connections we make on that flight! This is the poignant and essential subject of Boyhood. Richard Linklater wrote and directed this exquisitely quiet film experience in the time flow of 12 years. The river of time, the persistence of change, the utter impossibility of resistance to the waves of life, are depicted with the grace and credibility of actual time passing for the actors and the characters depicted.
Some other more Hollywood directors would have applied formulaic structure. Linklater had the courage and confidence to allow life to supersede drama.
All performances in Boyhood are nuanced and true. Life happens, moments pass, we change just by living.
It's always now.
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