The Upside

Movie 🎥 Review: “The Upside". Critics gave it a 40% the users an 87%. Rated: PG 13 with a running time of 2 hrs and 6 mins with an IMDB 6.3/10. Cast: Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, Nicole Kidman, Golshifteh Farahani, and Julianna Margulies.

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son.

The Upside is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Neil Burger and written by Jon Hartmere. It is a remake of the French 2011 film The Intouchables, which was itself inspired by the life of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo. It is the third remake of The Intouchables after the Indian film Oopiri and the Argentinian film Inseparables (both 2016)

An English-language remake was first announced in July 2011. Numerous actors were rumored to star, including Chris Rock, Idris Elba, Colin Firth and Jessica Chastain, and different directors, including Paul Feig and Simon Curtis, were attached to direct. Hart officially signed on in October 2014, Cranston in March 2016, and Burger to direct that August. Filming began in Philadelphia in January 2017.

The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Originally to be distributed by The Weinstein Company in March 2018, the film was shelved and sold off following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations. It was eventually bought by STX Entertainment and Lantern Entertainment (the successor of TWC), who then released it in the United States on January 11, 2019, becoming Lantern's first release. The Upside has grossed over $81 million and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Hart and Cranston's chemistry and performances but criticized the plot for being "predictable and cliché".

It was great to see Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, and Nicole Kidman along with the rest of those involved in this remake! Movies entertain us but they are even better when they can educate, entertain, and make us laugh at the same time. There have been no movies with big celebrity actors showing that a quadriplegic can actually live a regular life and have happiness. 

Despite the negativity thrown around for this film this really is a good movie. This is well acted, heart warming, funny and left me feeling good after watching it. Kevin Heart and Brian Cranston have great chemistry and work well together.

Ignore the stuck up Wall Street Journal reviewers and just go enjoy! - NOTE the USERS % rating at the top of the page……..it is very entertaining!.