Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
9 |
Michael Apted's Up series remains one of the great imaginative leaps in film. I came aboard early in the series and I, too, have grown older along with it. |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
9 |
If you haven't gotten hooked already on Michael Apted's series--collectively, one of the great documentaries in the history of the cinema--you should prepare yourself for the latest installment, 49 Up. |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
9 |
...a peerless, suspenseful work that develops character to a depth that would make Tolstoy jealous. |
Reel
Tim Knight |
8 |
...a fascinating and invaluable record of British baby boomers, on the cusp of 50, making their way towards hard-won self-acceptance. |
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez |
7 |
...a great humanist and social experiment more than 40 years in the making... |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
10 |
...a precious document, and must viewing. |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
8 |
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Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
8 |
...a buoyant surprise... |
People
Leah Rozen |
8 |
...like revisiting old friends. |
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor |
9 |
...there's something immensely satisfying about watching the playing out of ordinary lives we've become attached to over time. |
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson |
8 |
Moving and ambitious in scale like nothing else in cinema... |
Onion AV Club
Noel Murray |
8 |
...proves the enduring value of the series... |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
8 |
The passage of time has rarely been more forcefully conveyed in a movie, as we see clips of the interviewees not only from today but also at seven-year intervals from the past. |
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