Richard Linklater s Boyhood Was A Super Hit American...

Paper Two: Boyhood Director and producer, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was a super-hit American drama film that was released in the United States in July 11, 2014. Boyhood, to this date is still one of my most favorite movies. It is taken place over a course of ten to eleven years (2002 – 2013). It is about a boy named Mason Evans Jr. who lives with his older sister Samantha Evans, and his single mother Olivia Evans. Mason’s father, Mason Evans Sr. had great impact to Mason Jr. throughout his childhood. What’s spectacular about this movie is that the same actors and actresses were used all throughout the time span. Mason grew up how many ordinary boys do with divorced parents. His mother would get into relationships with other men, but never choose to go back with Mason’s father. The family moves to Houston and his father would sometimes come visit and take him and his sister out to places. It would be easier for Mason if his father and mother got ba ck together – which unfortunately doesn’t happen. You could say that Mason struggles with life as he grows up. He goes through family problems, financial problems, peer pressure, relationship problems, breakups, etc. Now, many teenage boys experience at least one of these problems. That’s just life. Mason doesn’t have to go through too much financial problems, just probably one main one – every family goes through financial problems once in a while. Mason has family problems because his parents are divorced and his mother