Oh boy, I really wanted to like this movie!!

I didn’t.

Although it was neat to see Training Day Ethan Hawke and modern day Ethan Hawke in the same movie, the film fell flat. It seemed like Linklater was caught up in the film’s novelty and simply forgot about creative writing.

I just wanted the boy to laugh. One belly laugh. Instead we were gifted an increasingly cynical young man which was really boring.

I would have rather watched one episode from the each of the first eight seasons of Roseanne. To me that is a much better way to spend three hours watching a family grow up!!

I give Boyhood 1.5 out of 5 napkins, just enough to wipe Patricia Arquette’s consistent tears throughout the entire film.