Revealing mistake: It is obvious that the actor, Ellar Coltrane, is watching and waiting for the cue for "Mason" to start drinking from his can of beer at the pool hall. (02:03:44)
Boyhood (2014)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater, Ellar Coltrane
Genres: Drama
Continuity mistake: At an Astros game, a visiting Milwaukee Brewers player is shown batting with a dark shirt. Later, when the Astros win, all the Brewers are wearing white or light-colored shirts.
Mom: I knew this day was coming. I just... I didn't know you were going to be so fucking happy to be leaving.
Mason: I mean it's not that I'm that happy... What do you expect?
Mom: You know what I'm realising? My life is just going to go. Like that. This series of milestones. Getting married. Having kids. Getting divorced. The time that we thought you were dyslexic. When I taught you how to ride a bike. Getting divorced... Again. Getting my masters degree. Finally getting the job I wanted. Sending Samantha off to college. Sending you off to college. You know what's next? Huh? It's my fucking funeral! Just go, and leave my picture!
Mason: Aren't you jumping ahead by, like, 40 years or something?
Mom: I just thought there would be more.
Trivia: After posting Obama signs in yards, Mason Sr got into his car and told Mason and Samantha, "Look, I'm a patriot, all right?" He drives away but the camera stays fixed on the now-visible Jeep parked on the opposite side of the street. This appears to be showing another kind of "Patriot" [Jeep Patriot], but it is actually a Liberty. (01:02:59)
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Answer: She is divorced from the dad. When Mason's mum leaves him with her kids she says that she has contacted their mother and child services.