With each installment, and each passing seven-year period, I find myself growing more attached to these people, and less prepared to say goodbye.

| Mar 2, 2020

Watching 63 Up as a stand-alone endeavor may not seem remarkable. In fact, it may even be a little boring. But watching it as part of the larger picture imbues it with immediacy and power.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 22, 2020

In the span of a minute, we see a hopeful young boy grow into a disaffected young man, then into a mellowed older man. It's impossible not think of ourselves, our parents and our children, and how quickly life happens to us.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 21, 2020

There is a touching universality to these life stories, which at this point have a lulling near-sameness...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 20, 2020

With 63 Up, the quiet wonder of simply executing such a project reigns -- the potentially mundane resonates profoundly when watching a human life arc or veer before your eyes.

| Feb 7, 2020

At first glance, 21 Up played as somewhat of a novelty. That was over forty years ago. Today, it stands as one of cinema's greatest achievements, a use of the medium that's at once blatantly logical and profoundly affecting.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 29, 2020

There can never be an unimportant chapter in the lives of real human beings. For that reason, the new 63 Up demands watching just as much as any of the previous eight.

| Original Score: 4.25/5 | Jan 24, 2020

This film and its predecessors are a mirror to all.

| Original Score: A | Jan 23, 2020

Though no one perspective is universal, 63 Up's remains admirably considered, sweeping, and reflective, which is all just as it should be. It's less an elegy than an ode to life.

| Jan 23, 2020

As a whole the 'Up' series is truly an extraordinary cinematic accomplishment...As befits the age of the principals, this installment feels more leisurely and autumnal than earlier ones, but that certainly doesn't make it any less affecting.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 21, 2020

The 7 Up series is uplifting, devastating, profound...and it will leave viewers filled with admiration and awe for these creatures we call human beings.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 16, 2020

With so many backstories to fill in, the movie runs to nearly three hours, yet it's an invaluable portrait of humanity in transition.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 15, 2020

Because of Apted's long relationship with these people, such discussion does not feel exploitative; instead, we glimpse a rare, pure emotional honesty that may not even be shared with friends.

| Jan 13, 2020

Kim Horton skillfully weaves together clips from past films - the participants' lives inside a fishbowl literally flashing before our eyes - and both Apted's narration and his gently needling, off-camera interrogations give you all the context you need.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 9, 2020

63 Up moves from brief profiles of one subject to the next, drawing on imagery from their entire lives in chronological order to contrast it with their present selves.

| Jan 3, 2020

A fascinating watch and a unique social experiment.

| Jan 3, 2020

When I was 27, I arrogantly predicted the series would be over at "35 Up" - and I'd be happy to be wrong again.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 2, 2020

Collectively-especially now, with so many of them-the Up series paints a captivating portrait of the arc of a life

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 27, 2019

If you're coming to the series cold, there's enough filmed background to get you up to speed. And if you've become hooked at some point over the years, 63 Up makes for essential viewing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 23, 2019

The steadfast subjects-10 men and, still shockingly, only four women-have gone through the usual life changes.

| Dec 20, 2019