No matter their wealth or social status, these people share disappointments and elations and a sense that life, in the end, may be what life is about.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
The latest riveting, heartbreaking chapter to one of the supreme creations of documentary filmmaking, the "7 Up" series.Read Full Review »
I am not British, was born 14 years before the subjects, and yet by now identify intensely with them, because some kinds of human experience -- teenage, work, marriage, illness are universal. You could make this series in any society.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
A solid starting point for those unfamiliar with Apted's greatest work, and a must-see for those who have been down this road before.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
49 Up is more than a deeply satisfying movie; it's a reminder of the wonder contained in ordinary lives.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Suzy's marriage, Nick's divorce, Paul's work history: none of it is my or anyone else's business. But these things -- these people -- have become, through Mr. Apted's films, a vital part of modern life, which seems to grow richer every seven years, when the new "Up" movie comes out.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
The more you watch, the more you are committing yourself to watching "56 Up" and beyond.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
Moving and ambitious in scale like nothing else in cinema, Michael Apted's Up films began in 1964 as a BBC news program exploring an old Jesuit maxim: "Give me the child until he is seven, and I will show you the man."Read Full Review »
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