Part of Apted's seminal series that began with 7Up, this segment has different dynamics, emphasizing the children of the subjects and the deaths of their parents, showing stronmg evidence of the life cycle.
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08/08/06
35 Up (1993)
93 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 14 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Synopsis: In 1963, director Michael Apted interviewed a diverse group of British seven-year-olds about their hopes for the future. Since then he has returned to them at seven-year intervals to see what changes time has wrought. In this film these children are 35, and this often touching documentary... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Director: Michael Apted
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The remaining participants grapple with disillusionment, their reconcilement of the past, and their relationship to their own children.
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The film's realism is as ruthless as it is low-key. It's impossible not to look at the 35-year-old woman and mourn the loss of the 7-year-old girl.
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Most people will feel the start of tears at unpredictable points in this movie. They come from compassion and sympathy in the truest sense of those words -- we identify with these people living their lives as best as they can.
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The latest installment in the most engrossing long-distance documentary project in the history of film.
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