"Boyhood" : Mason grows up from a little boy into a nearly grown young man, living with his mom and sister in a series of Texas towns, solidifying his relationship with an unsteady father, struggling through schools and stepparents and girlfriends and himself until, in the film's final scenes, he starts college. In the hands of writer-director Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" turns from a classic coming-of-age story into something epic, transcendent and monumental.
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