but "nothing" did. pretty much anti-climatic but overall a good movie. i appreciate the period pieces, like music, cars, technology. the sociology of growing up....the divorced, single-parent dynamic. mason jr is a boring and quiet, who really didn't give us much insight into what was going on in his head. if they had tapped into this film's FULL potential, it could've been called "childhood"(or soemthing) and be about kids growing up, not just about this one awkward boy. It would've been nice to get his sister's point of view growing up too. like why was he so special. oh well. i think its the big picture that you take away from it, not so much about mason jr himself.