Humor is found in the most unlikely of characters here, but most importantly, Hrebejk's view of the everyman (and woman) reminds us that it's a small world after all.
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02/25/05
Up and Down (2005)
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Reviews Counted:64
Fresh:54
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: A tragi-comic exploration of the universal search for stability in post-Communist Prague.
Theatrical Release:Feb 25, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Director Jan Hrebejk (DIVIDED WE FALL) once again delivers a perfectly-balanced dark comedy, a satire addressing the fragile state of the contemporary Czech Republic, as well as the foibles of the... [More]
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Reviews for Up and Down
The Czech Republic's nominee for the best foreign film Oscar skips from buoyant satire to domestic melodrama, leaving behind a curious mix of emotions.
02/24/05
Top CriticIt's been a long time since a movie allowed so many diverse narratives to fold into so unexpected, unified and satisfying a story.
03/24/05
An ambitious premise that only just falls short of genius.
06/14/08
Those comfortable with quickdraw transitions between brief light and heavy grit will find much to dig.
03/10/05
An excellent piece of work: Just don’t expect a rollicking farce
04/07/05
For an engrossing, funny, sad, cautiously hopeful portrait of post-Soviet life in Eastern Europe, look no further than Up and Down.
04/29/05
The three stories loop together at the end in somewhat predictable fashion but with real punch in at least one of the story strands.
03/26/05
Its emotional tone may be up and down, but its clear-headed approach has straightforward snap.
03/18/05
Top CriticHrebejk and his screenwriter, Petr Jarchovsky, understand their characters too well to judge them.
02/24/05
Top CriticWith great empathy for human foibles, filmmaker Jan Hrebejk shows that Czechs don't always keep pace with their evolving, post-Soviet society.
03/11/05
Top Critic...the movie succeeds on the level of sheer entertainment.
03/27/05
Always hard-hitting and often grimly, revealingly satirical.
02/24/05
Hrebejk's intricate view of modern Prague is continually absorbing.
02/25/05
Pungent and spirited, Up and Down shows us a nation in transition that's not necessarily a nice place to live, but it's certainly worth a visit. Especially at the movies.
03/24/05
Top CriticThis fluidly paced film, with its keen observation of the confused longing for love, family and stability in an inherently unstable world, nonetheless keeps faith with the Czech genius for holding the tonal line between tragedy and the absurd.
02/24/05
Hrebejk suggests, through this tragi-comic film, that while things are rough now, they've got to get better. I mean, they can't get much worse, can they?
05/22/05
One of the more humane and more despairing comedies you'll find about race and class in contemporary society.
02/24/05
Top CriticA biting, darkly funny portrait of xenophobia, poverty and social confusion that has enveloped the Czech Republic some 15 years after Vaclav Havel's Velvet Revolution.
02/25/05
An intriguing cross-section of the post-communist Czech people.
02/19/05
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