42: Forty Two Up

Name: 42: Forty Two Up
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: November 17, 1999
Duration: 139 min
Rating: 86

1999

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First Run Features | Release Date: November 17, 1999

Summary: Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. One of the most interesting film experiments ever. This time the group is 42, with eleven of the original fourteen still being documented.

Director: Michael Apted

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Runtime: 139 min

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Phoebe Flowers

A truly great and deceptively simple work, redefining the power of film.

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David Sterritt

The latest installment is packed with surprises and emotion for people who've seen earlier stages of the project, but even newcomers will be fascinated by the vivid glimpses it provides of everything from love and family to political action and the pervasiveness of class distinctions in British life. Read full review

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Edward Guthmann

This is an amazing record of a group of lives -- and probably more resonant than anyone could have imagined when the project began. Read full review

Janet Maslin

When this hugely ambitious project began, it was a longitudinal study of class divisions among English schoolchildren. But time and persistence have turned it into much more. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

Offers a welcome continuation of what has proven a fascinating journey both for the film's 11 subjects (three of the 14 opted out of the project this go-round) and its audience.

Jay Carr

A miracle of data retrieval as the grown schoolchildren are measured against their footage from the earlier films. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

It would be tempting to describe the Up movies as a miracle in the history of nonfiction filmmaking, if they didn't also represent one of the cinema's most singularly squandered opportunities. Read full review

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DanC.

Sep 18, 2005

The latest installment of an amazing series is also the best. It's worth seeing all five previous films before this one (all are avialable on video). This is some of the most compelling documentary work I have ever seen. I was literally depressed for days when I realized that one of The latest installment of an amazing series is also the best. It's worth seeing all five previous films before this one (all are avialable on video). This is some of the most compelling documentary work I have ever seen. I was literally depressed for days when I realized that one of the most interesting subjects refused to be in this edition; this series makes you care that much about the people whose lives it reveals.… Expand

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JulieP.

Oct 3, 2006

A fascinating insight into lives, dreams and ambitions. I look forward to each episode the way I'd look forward to catching up with old friends. I think about them, worry about them and rejoice in their achievements. A superb series!

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