Synopsis
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
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Cast
- Nicholas HitchonSelf
- Tony WalkerSelf
- John BrisbySelf
- Bruce BaldenSelf
- Charles FurneauxSelf
- Lynn JohnsonSelf
- Suzanne DeweySelf
- Jacqueline BassettSelf
- Andrew BrackfieldSelf
- Peter DaviesSelf
Recommendations
- 100
IndieWire
People change, some more than others, but 63 Up is so beautiful and bittersweet for how it finds them becoming who they are. Hopefully many of them live to enjoy it, and this series continues for a couple more decades to come. - 100
RogerEbert.com
I didn't come out of this one feeling depressed or even particularly sad, more reflective. The sheer breadth and depth of this series creates its own sort of poetry, one that's strangely indistinguishable from journalism. - 90
The New York Times
There’s great pleasure in revisiting this series, seeing who turned out just fine and sometimes better than you might have expected or hoped. - 88
Slant Magazine
Throughout, the remaining participants take stock of private and career successes as well as perceived failures. - 83
The Film Stage
The Up series feels like the last of its kind and should be treasured as such. - 80
The Guardian
Apted has honed his skills over the years, becoming less presumptive and more content to let narratives unfold naturally. And, of course, the unprecedentedly long relationship between the maker and his subjects has led to more give and take between them. - 80
Los Angeles Times
While some individuals are inevitably more compelling than others, as a whole the entire series, and 63 Up in particular, is completely enveloping as it draws us into the latest happenings of these people we’ve followed for so long. - 73
TheWrap
If, for whatever reason, 63 UP were the last, it would be a perfectly satisfying summing-up of what’s proven to be the surest motive for any of its participants to keep filling us in on their personal lives, issues of class and destiny be damned — they did it because time, love, and just enough fortune allowed it.
