The Upside
STX Entertainment | Release Date: January 11, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
23
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJan 14, 2019
The film’s predictability is offset by what Hart and Cranston bring to the proceedings. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJan 10, 2019
French cinema has a lot going for it, but the one thing Americans do best is story. And so “Intouchables,” now The Upside, has a story that finally works. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterSep 16, 2017
In the end, The Upside is the sum of its good players and dubious politics, wrenching genuine tears from a story that celebrates the rich promise of life in all its shades of joy and heartbreak. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerSep 16, 2017
The pairing of Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in the lead roles pays off big time, with more laugh-out-loud moments than the original and some particularly hilarious work from Hart, who steps up his game after his fun if broad-minded performances in Get Hard and the Ride Along movies. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJan 14, 2019
The racial politics feel almost willfully retro, but the actors’ charisma cuts through: Forced to work strictly from the neck up, Cranston is just the right amount of gruff; Hart, aside from a deeply unnecessary catheter scene, gives a gratifyingly prickly and vulnerable performance. Somewhere beneath this passable-enough Upside, there’s a better, sharper movie for them both. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJan 11, 2019
The Upside is a movie that somehow works, at least some of the time, even when it shouldn’t. Read full review
67
Original-CinKim HughesJan 10, 2019
While entertaining, The Upside lacks the original film’s fizzy spark, the prickly charisma of its co-stars, and the tantalizingly sense that this incredible story — which is actually true — happened on a planet we would recognize as our own. Read full review
63
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonFeb 5, 2019
Even if you haven’t seen The Intouchables, you have a pretty good idea where the drama is headed. Still, The Upside nonetheless does an amiable job of taking you there, thanks to hard work by the two leads. Read full review
63
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiJan 11, 2019
The Upside has a downside: We’ve seen it a million times before. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyJan 10, 2019
What makes The Upside work as well as it often does is how the actors are able to convey the unlikely affinity these unlikely people share. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJan 7, 2019
Cranston and Hart fight tooth and nail to keep the film as charming as possible, though, with Hart going to particularly impressive lengths. It almost works, until you remember it shouldn't. Read full review
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