poetcomic1 — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 01:06 PM)

In the early 70's PBS did the very first Reality Show ever called An American Family. It is something like 13 hours of documentary filming of an Upper Class California family falling apart. During the show the mother asks for a separation, the son, Lance Loud 'came out' to his parents and the ratings were huge even without these Big Moments. the Loud family were real and Boyhood is fictional but the fact that three hours of 'everyday life' is excruciating boredom to many shows a shocking lack of interest in the countless small touches that make this film worthwhile (gestures, a look, an article of clothing, words said in anger etc.). I love it.