Wow, what a unique experience. It's something else watching the characters and actors age at the same time. You feel like you're growing up right there with them.
It touches on tons of aspects of growing up too and by the end, you'll remember when you learned how to catch a football, or some jerk boyfriend your mom had (if you had separated parents) who was a disciplinarian.
Some scenes are easy, others are long, but the entire time you're feeling a myriad of sublime emotions. It's exhausting a bit since the movie is really long at almost 3 hours. The performances more than make up for it, the two kids especially are great as is Patricia Arquette.
It doesn't hurt that the ending is absolutely perfect as well. I've never seen a movie like this one, ever. It is completely unique and I'm not sure I'd be able to sit through it more than...twice.
5 stars