63 Up

This series is perfect though no episode is particularly great on its own

I kept putting off watching this most recent, and possibly final, Michael Apted film in his Up series because I really didn't want this all to end. I've never seen anything like this and likely never will again so the uniqueness of the project alone made this such a worthwhile endeavor...and the emotional hangover I will surely have in the near future is a price I'm willing to pay.

My boyfriend and I saw 7-Up, 14-Up, 21-Up, and 28-Up, back to back, at an obscure theatre in New York City in 1985. Subsequently, I've enjoyed checking in on these people. Every 7 years or so it's surprising how much you remember and care about them. I appreciate hearing their updates as well as looking back at past installments. How have they changed, stayed the same, opinions on class, education, politics, relationships, etc. I find it riveting. No idea who else might. There's no action, just reflection and thinking ahead, musing on life and concepts of self and Society, etc.

Wonderful follow-up in the series. I started watching with 21-Up and have been rooting for everyone in the study ever since. Very well done.

I have already seen all the other 7 Up films, and I always eagerly anticipate each new film. This one did not disappoint. One gets very invested in the lives of the subjects, and it was nice to see how well most of them are doing.

I have seen all of the films in this series, and hope the series will continue!

With Its utter uniqueness into the human and emotional qualities of everyday life , the Up series should be considered the Rosetta Stone of reality film. Long before the Loud family, "Boyhood" and the continuous roll out of the bio-pics, Apted and the gang continue to explore the English class system in "63 Up." Am a little concerned that this may be the last Up we get. Rest in peace Lynn Johnson. (1-26-20)

This feels like a summing up of the many themes explored throughout the Up series which follows a hand full of Britons from the time they were seven years old. The fourth wall really comes down at times as the subjects interact with director Michael Apted, challenging and questioning his agenda directly. But fundamentally this is a celebration of the common man and woman, a chronicle of what these people go through in life as a surrogate for what we all go through. It's brilliant and riveting.

I’m not sure when I first saw this series. Maybe at 49? But watching these people grow up, in 7 year installments, at exactly my age, is incredibly intriguing. What a project to start. And I hope I’ll get to see 70 Up.

Because of the 7-year rule, it jumps all over the place, at the 7-year intervals, following different individuals, pretty much randomly. So, it's really not smooth. It's an OK film.