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I Saw Boyhood So That You Won't Have To

I Saw Boyhood So That You Won't Have To

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John Mendelssohn
Feb 02, 2015
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I don’t think I’ve ever been more at odds with my favorite movie critics — Andrew O’Hehir, Stephanie Zacharek, Ty Burr, Mick LaSalle, and David Edelstein — than I am about Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, whose average score on Metacritic is 100. As in, out of 100. 

“I'm as reluctant to stop writing about this movie,” wrote LaSalle, who’s been an idol of min…

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