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63 Up Reviews

Apr 4, 2024

This series is perfect though no episode is particularly great on its own

May 11, 2022

I kept putting off watching this most recent, and possibly final, Michael Apted film in his Up series because I really didn't want this all to end. I've never seen anything like this and likely never will again so the uniqueness of the project alone made this such a worthwhile endeavor...and the emotional hangover I will surely have in the near future is a price I'm willing to pay.

Mar 29, 2021

My boyfriend and I saw 7-Up, 14-Up, 21-Up, and 28-Up, back to back, at an obscure theatre in New York City in 1985. Subsequently, I've enjoyed checking in on these people. Every 7 years or so it's surprising how much you remember and care about them. I appreciate hearing their updates as well as looking back at past installments. How have they changed, stayed the same, opinions on class, education, politics, relationships, etc. I find it riveting. No idea who else might. There's no action, just reflection and thinking ahead, musing on life and concepts of self and Society, etc.

Bob S
Feb 25, 2020

Wonderful follow-up in the series. I started watching with 21-Up and have been rooting for everyone in the study ever since. Very well done.

Donna U
Feb 14, 2020

I have already seen all the other 7 Up films, and I always eagerly anticipate each new film. This one did not disappoint. One gets very invested in the lives of the subjects, and it was nice to see how well most of them are doing.

Cathy E
Feb 11, 2020

I have seen all of the films in this series, and hope the series will continue!

john c Super Reviewer
Jan 28, 2020

With Its utter uniqueness into the human and emotional qualities of everyday life , the Up series should be considered the Rosetta Stone of reality film. Long before the Loud family, "Boyhood" and the continuous roll out of the bio-pics, Apted and the gang continue to explore the English class system in "63 Up." Am a little concerned that this may be the last Up we get. Rest in peace Lynn Johnson. (1-26-20)

Jan 22, 2020

This feels like a summing up of the many themes explored throughout the Up series which follows a hand full of Britons from the time they were seven years old. The fourth wall really comes down at times as the subjects interact with director Michael Apted, challenging and questioning his agenda directly. But fundamentally this is a celebration of the common man and woman, a chronicle of what these people go through in life as a surrogate for what we all go through. It's brilliant and riveting.

Jan 19, 2020

I’m not sure when I first saw this series. Maybe at 49? But watching these people grow up, in 7 year installments, at exactly my age, is incredibly intriguing. What a project to start. And I hope I’ll get to see 70 Up.

SamM
Jan 4, 2020

Because of the 7-year rule, it jumps all over the place, at the 7-year intervals, following different individuals, pretty much randomly. So, it's really not smooth. It's an OK film.

Dec 22, 2019

Anyone who spent time with the Up series can’t help but feel gratitude for the generosity of the subjects and the unimaginable ways working on this project has impacted each of their lives. Among the many reasons to celebrate this as one of the great works in cinema history is the way Apted and team have edited each of the seven year episodes to be both self-containing and cumulative to the iterative experience for those of us lucky enough to have seen them all.

Dec 16, 2019

Have seen every reincarnation of this series since 7up in 1965. The three hours flew by with remarkable speed... The quality of the social study documentary series continues to maintain a very high level of entertainment and erudition

Dec 9, 2019

Not as trenchant as the earlier entries in the series.

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