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The Upside

2017

Neil Burger

Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, Nicole Kidman, Julianna Margulies ...

5.7

1,705

Comedy. Drama A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy paraplegic and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.

	Author	Review
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Jon Hartmere’s script has genuinely funny moments and is blessedly short on crassness (...) A warm vibe between the two men goes a long way toward sweetening the sap and contrivances"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias Variety	"All the flaws of the original film are present (...) Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart have a relaxed comedic chemistry that may not validate the film’s sickly-sweet bromance, but does make it go down easy"	NEU
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"A winning cast keeps this feel-good comedy afloat (...) The same stereotypical vision (...) [It] never really finds its own voice"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston make an odd couple (...) The safe, formulaic story is somewhat less problematic than the original, but doesn't go anywhere fresh."	NEU
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"It’s a movie that offers the biggest comedian working right now, Kevin Hart, a chance to reveal previously unseen dimensions (...) Familiar but pleasant"	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"[It] boasts funny, powerful performances, but can’t escape its racial subtext (...) This extremely by-the-numbers, manipulative and formulaic film is as funny as its framework allows it to be (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"'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"	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"[A] mediocre redo of a hit (...) A mediocrity (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Tina Hassannia rogerebert.com	"Cranston and Hart are pros, though, and do much with the extremely limited, telegraphed material (...) [It] never fully works"	NEU
United States	Candice Frederick The Wrap	"[It] shares the main flaw of the French original: only the paralyzed white character gets to have layers (...) It’s just as pat and basic as it looks and sounds"	NEG
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"A bland and blunt remake (...) The two actors mine a few genuinely funny moments out of Jon Hartmere’s tepid, cliché-ridden screenplay (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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