42 Up (1998)
90 %
Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 28 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins
Synopsis: Director Michael Apted's evolving film, the longest-running documentary project in history, began as a study of the influence of class on schoolchildren in England. In SEVEN UP (1963), Apted interviewed 14 seven-year-old children from vastly different backgrounds. He visited the same... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
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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.
08/08/06
One of the best movie series ever is a true-life drama like no other. Miss it at your peril.
07/21/05
Top Critic
Two subjects acknowledge their conjoined lifeline, become best friends, and as a result a life is forever changed.
10/26/04
This movie is a living artifact that does what movies do best: exist in time. May this series continue up, up, and beyond.
11/24/02
A fascinating entry in Michael Apted’s long-running documentary series.
06/13/02
This fascinating ongoing sociological document and human drama by its very nature gets better with each progressive installment.
06/05/02
Convinces us that the journey of every human being is eminently edifying and compelling.
03/13/02
Let it go, Michael. Your subjects are obviously ready to do the same.
09/10/01
If only because its foreignness allows it to come to terms with one of the great taboo subjects in our national life, 42 Up is a tremendously valuable film.
03/18/01
Running just over two hours, the documentary itself is cold and stale.
01/01/00
A bit slower and heavier, but its connection of past and present yields more subtle character twists and contradictions than ever before.
01/01/00
Top Critic
42 Up is not only riveting viewing, it is an important social document that allows an ageing group of Boomers to remind us – as Yogi Berra noted – not only is 90 per cent of this Game of Life ‘half mental,’ but it it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.
01/01/00
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