Michael Apted's celebrated documentary series, which has examined the effects of social, economic and cultural forces upon a group of English schoolchildren, chosen from varying economic backgrounds, as they age at seven-year intervals, has reached a curiously dispiriting plateau in 35 UP.
While previous installments of the series reflected on the physical and mental growth of the subjects--at seven, fourteen, twenty-one and twenty-eight--and how they managed to find a niche in the British social structure, now, at the age of thirty-five, the subjects are full fledged adults and
have become reflective, bitter, and paunchy. For example, as Tony's life flashes ons...
Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
128 mins