Summary
Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose, wondering whether they've found their place in the world.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 100Audiences 85GoodWatch 91
Tomatometer100%
Audience score92%
Letterboxd · 5 K ratings4.1/5
IMDb8.1
Running time
2 h 16 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +40 min on the typical 96
typical 96136Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Released
1985
October 6, 1985
41 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Directing · 1
- Michael Apted Director, Producer
Production · 1
- Steve Morrison Executive Producer
Editing · 2
- Oral Norrie Ottey Editor
- Kim Horton Editor
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Film 4 of 10 · after 21 Up · then 35 Up
- Seven Up! (1964)
GoodWatch score 75Film 1
- 7 Plus Seven (1970)
GoodWatch score 76Film 2
- 21 Up (1977)
GoodWatch score 81Film 3
- 28 Up (1985)
GoodWatch score 91You're here
- 35 Up (1991)
GoodWatch score 87Film 5
- 42 Up (1999)
GoodWatch score 86Film 6
- 49 Up (2006)
GoodWatch score 85Film 7
- 56 Up (2012)
GoodWatch score 81Film 8
- 63 Up (2019)
GoodWatch score 87Film 9
- 70 Up (2026)
GoodWatch score 83Film 10
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