Susannah Gruder Hyperallergic Mar 2, 2020

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

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James Berardinelli ReelViews Feb 22, 2020 3.5/4

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.

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Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) Feb 21, 2020 3.5/4

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.

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Moira MacDonald Seattle Times Feb 20, 2020 3.5/4

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

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week Feb 7, 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.

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Scott Marks San Diego Reader Jan 29, 2020 5/5

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.

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Cameron Meier Orlando Weekly Jan 24, 2020 4.25/5

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.

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Tom Long Detroit News Jan 23, 2020 A

This film and its predecessors are a mirror to all.

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George Elkind Metro Times (Detroit, MI) 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.

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Jan 21, 2020 B+

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.

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Robert W. Butler Butler's Cinema Scene Jan 16, 2020 A-

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.

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Lisa Jensen Good Times Santa Cruz Jan 15, 2020 3/4

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

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Brett Pardy Seventh Row Jan 13, 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.

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Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle Jan 9, 2020 4.5/5

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.

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Steve Erickson Nashville Scene Jan 3, 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.

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Michael J. Casey Boulder Weekly Jan 3, 2020

A fascinating watch and a unique social experiment.

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Sean P. Means The Movie Cricket Jan 2, 2020 3.5/4

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

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Lisa Trifone Third Coast Review Dec 27, 2019 3/4

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

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Chris Knight National Post Dec 23, 2019 4/5

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.

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Ken Eisner Georgia Straight Dec 20, 2019

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

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