Wonderous story of a boy journeying through life. I don't like any of Linklaters films. Not one. But this is spellbinding. So he finally gets one on the board!This film is not for anyone who needs pops and bangs in their movies. It's also not for 99% of Brainless North AmericansDefinitely one of the best films of the 21sr century.

It's a beautiful movie. It's a privilege to be drawn in 12 years. It was so beautiful to see it. It's a different experiment. Although it lasted for 2 hours and 40 minutes and went to an ordinary drama consistency, it was not boring. It was even fun and nice. It's a long film I wonder. I did not regret it. The characters could not be emphasized much. Apart from that everything was nice.

There were many times I laughed out loud in a theatre full of people opening weekend. Especially at the hilariously overacted abusive stepfather throwing things at the main character, and yelling:"I DON'T EVEN LIKE SQUASH!"I was the only one laughing.

The joys and pitfalls of growing up are seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane), his parents (Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke) and his sister (Lorelei Linklater). Vignettes, filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years, capture family meals, road trips, birthday parties, graduations and other important milestones.I came for the novelty of a film that took so long to make and stayed enthralled by the best character development I've ever seen in a movie. This is a niche film, I can see people not liking it, wether it's because of the almost 3 hour run time or the possible unrelatability of the characters. But I loved it, this film is to me is somehow so remarkably relatable and overwhelmingly personal and it striked me. Growing up around a similar time frame to the main character, Mason, the music, technology and pop culture displayed in film are perfect and allow me to watch this film over and over without getting bored. This is my favourite movie by far and I doubt any film could overtake it.