I am trying very hard to find accurate words to describe Boyhood. What a film.

Let’s start with the basics. Boyhood is the new Richard Linklater (Before/After Sunrise/Sunset trilogy) movie. It took about 12 years to be shot. It follows the life of a boy from age 5 to 18. Quite something, eh?

There’s no point mentioning a plot. It’s just this boy’s and family story. It’s not a documentary, but it feels so unbelievably real. This might be the best feature of Boyhood. Everything is so incredibly genuine. Thanks to that, the film is somehow a much deeper immersive experience than other any fiction movie.

You literally see this boy (Ellar Coltrane, who looks very similar to Dane DeHaan) grow up with Patricia Arquette as a mom so you believe that’s reality. Thanks to this massive timely narrative, Linklater is basically trying to redefine movie fiction.

Because of that, also, you never get tired of it. Boyhood feels like a time travel to the early 2000's, leading to modern day. There’s old Britney Spears songs on the beginning because that was what literally was playing back then; not because they put it there to make it nostalgic. And it comes up to Gotye, Gaga and others. So you never get tired, you want to see what’s the next pop culture reference.

But, MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, you relate to the boy. If you are reading this, you have been through most of what happens to him. I’m not even from a broken home but identified with him immensely.

All those universal issues. Insecurity, happiness, friendship, romance, sex, confusion, teenage angst, high school, college, future, work, mom and dad, alcohol. You just want to keep watching and see what’s next for Mason. I genuinely believed this movie could be five hours long and I’d still would not be bored.

It’s all thanks to Linklater, though. His sensibility prevails once again. I literally lost count at how many times I teared up during Boyhood. Sometimes a certain song with particular imagery, but most times it’s simply the dialogue.

“Can you believe they’re out of high school already?” to which Ethan Hawke (the dad) sincerely and instantly replies “nope.”

Hawke is amazing. Even him looks so young on the beginning. He doesn't appear as much as Arquette (they are divorced), but he’s the cool dad. Takes the kids camping, to the ball game, to bars. It’s fantastic to see the growth of his kids and how they deal differently with him as years literally go by.

As the film takes place on several cities in Texas, this is one of the most American films you will ever see. On the best (and funniest) way possible. How could it be any different? Just watch Slacker or Dazed and Confused. Richard Linklater is an American national treasure.

This is easily one of the best of the year. Linklater has really outdone himself. Unforgettable.