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49 Up

Play trailer Poster for 49 Up 2005,  1h 30m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 97% 65 Reviews Tomatometer 87% 25,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
97% Tomatometer 65 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
Twelve people, documented every seven years since they were each 7 years old, discuss how their lives have changed since their last interview.
49 Up

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Critics Consensus

The latest installment in this remarkable series, 49 Up is a satisfying continuation of Michael Apted's singular sociological and cinematic experiment.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Aug 14, 2012
This seventh installment is utterly fascinating, drawing heavily on footage from the previous movies to follow each child on the journey into middle age. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Nov 3, 2006
4/4
Michael Apted's Up series remains one of the great imaginative leaps in film. Go to Full Review
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune Nov 2, 2006
4/4
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. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 28, 2009
Essential viewing Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 24, 2009
A
There should not be an adult in the western world who isn't at least tacitly familiar with Michael Apted's groundbreaking documentary series based on the idea that a person's personality is formed by the age of seven. Go to Full Review
Peter Keough Boston Phoenix Apr 23, 2009
2.5/4
In 42 years has the series brought any insight into issues of class, politics, or culture? Perhaps only insofar as nearly all the participants, regardless of background, end up as the same bourgeois, middle-aged mediocrities. Go to Full Review
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Harry P Jan 25, 2019 Made during the boom of reality television, this is curiously the first chapter in which some of the participants snap back at Michael Apted for his questions, giving us a wonderful insight into what they feel about being part of the series and also how it has affected their lives. See more
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Michael Apted

Director

Bruce Balden

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Jacqueline Bassett

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Symon Basterfield

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Andrew Brackfield

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John Brisby

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Movie Info

Synopsis Twelve people, documented every seven years since they were each 7 years old, discuss how their lives have changed since their last interview.
Director
Michael Apted
Genre
Documentary
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 14, 2006
Runtime
1h 30m
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