Time-lapse cinematography taken at seven year intervals.
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09/29/07
49 Up (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 60
Fresh: 58
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Consensus: The latest installment in this remarkable series, 49 Up is a satisfying continuation of Michael Apted's singular sociological and cinematic experiment.
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release: Oct 6, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Seven years have passed since 42 UP, which means it's time for another installment in Michael Apted's landmark documentary series. What began as a project to expose harsh class distinctions in British society has evolved into an intimate... [More]
Director: Michael Apted
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Reviews for 49 Up
Even those wondering about the gaps and "missing pieces" or what will happen in the future will not be disappointed by this remarkable work.
03/01/07
The wonder of 49 Up is its unfolding, within a little more than two hours, of so many specific lives...
11/11/06
Michael Apted's Up series remains one of the great imaginative leaps in film.
11/03/06
Top Critic I can think of no single movie, fictional or factual, that more strongly awakens our common humanity or that establishes such a marvelous, tight bond with its characters.
11/02/06
Top Critic Doesn't tell us about these people's lives so much as it splashes a cold hourglass of water in the face, reminding us that time can slowly turn us into someone unrecognizable, especially to ourselves.
10/28/06
The segments are so cleverly arranged -- [director Michael Apted] includes past pictorial references for each of the people we revisit -- that now there is something almost mystical involved.
10/26/06
Top Critic Apted continues his seminal docu series with another riveting chapter. The film no longer belongs to him: Feeling their privacy has been invaded, the subjcets talk back, trying to shape their own narrative and even withhold vital information from him.
10/26/06
A reality show that transcends that now-hackneyed phrase to become an utterly unique work of 'popular history'--and of art.
10/22/06
As a viewer, I feel privileged to be able to peer into their private lives perchance to learn something useful about my private life.
10/16/06
But a funny thing happened on the way to the class-warfare lecture: Most of the subjects got on with living their lives, ignoring their class distinctions in the process.
10/13/06
Top Critic I'll wait breathlessly for 56 Up, and hope this brave group will speak to the camera again; giving us the gift of a share in their lives.
10/13/06
Now, they are middle-aged, and (unfair to spoil small surprises here) embedded in life with some learned wisdom.
10/13/06
Surprisingly, the discussions of normal, average-life events are pretty fascinating and relatable. The films continue to be part of a moving sociological portrait of England and everyday life.
10/13/06
The monumental 7 Up series continues with a lesser but worthwhile chapter, 49 Up.
10/12/06
As always, [Apted] intercuts footage from the previous age levels and provides enough history to make each chapter a fascinating sociological examination in itself.
10/12/06
There are some clear themes to these zig-zagging life journeys, but they tend to be truisms (marriage is hard work but worth it) rather than chest-clutching surprises.
10/12/06
Top Critic ... easily the best series ever made. 49 UP is an emotionally rewarding experience that is akin to vicariously living a dozen lives in just over two short hours.
10/10/06
Though less extreme, the Up series suggests a real-life Truman Show, with subjects sometimes reluctantly allowing their lives to be recorded on film.
10/09/06
On the cusp of their half-century mark, Apted’s British subjects have accommodated themselves to what they were, what they are, and what they will be.
10/09/06
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