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In 1964, England's Granada Television produced a documentary called 7 Up, in which 14 seven-year-old British children from a wide variety of social and economic backgrounds were interviewed about their ideas and opinions on the adult world. In 1971, director Michael Apted tracked down the same youngsters for a follow-up, 7 Plus 7. Since then, Apted has revisited his subjects every seven years in a series of remarkable films that allow us to watch these children grow into adults before our eyes.
Oct 9, 1999 Wide
Aug 21, 2001
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One of the best movie series ever is a true-life drama like no other. Miss it at your peril.
The grand, class-society-embracing conception of this film has become too rich for its narrow stylistic confines.
This series should be sealed in a time capsule. It is on my list of the 10 greatest films of all time, and is a noble use of the medium.
There's something incredibly simple yet profound about what Apted has done with this series. It's an amazing achievement - not only is it a sociological masterpiece, but it's a fine example of how real-life drama can often be more compelling than fiction.
At its best, the Up series does what art is meant to do: It binds us to others, helps us to identify our feelings and reminds us of our shared humanity.
When this hugely ambitious project began, it was a longitudinal study of class divisions among English schoolchildren. But time and persistence have turned it into much more.
Perfect. An absolute must-see.
Part of Apted seminal docu series that began with 7Up, then 14, 28, and 35, this chapter centers on the subjects as they head into middle-age, with all its compromises and disappointments.
The Up Series is stupendous. You will not spend a better 9 and 1/2 hours.
Two subjects acknowledge their conjoined lifeline, become best friends, and as a result a life is forever changed.
This movie is a living artifact that does what movies do best: exist in time. May this series continue up, up, and beyond.
This series remains as fascinating as it did when it started - a lifetime ago.
A fascinating entry in Michael Apted's long-running documentary series.
This fascinating ongoing sociological document and human drama by its very nature gets better with each progressive installment.
It continues. We are still missing three of the "kids" as one who came back last time dropped out again and one that was missing in the last installment has returned.As the folks head into the middle years of their lives they all seem to be leveling out. Sure there were hard times but they have managed to overcome
May 13, 2009
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