What Goes Up | Full Movie
What Goes Up
- R
- 1h 55m
- 2009
16%
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When a group of teenage social misfits befriends jaded journalist Campbell Babbitt (Coogan), who's on assignment in their small New Hampshire town, they each find themselves searching for meaning and truth in their crazy, mixed-up lives. But as Babbitt gets to know these eccentric kids better--Lucy (Duff) in particular--their hidden secrets begin to rise to the surface, changing each other's lives forever.
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Rotten Tomatoes® Score
TOMATOMETER®
16%Critics Consensus: What Goes Up squanders the charisma of Steve Coogan with a lazy screenplay, contrived plotting, and overall poor production.
Reviews
Time Out
David Fear
June 22, 2017
Time Out
Hank Sartin
June 22, 2017
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
About as cruddy as a cruddy little indie can get, especially given a cast that should've known bet...
June 21, 2017
Newark Star-Ledger
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing feels like a premeditated attempt at a Sundance sensation, a mix of cast members (...
June 21, 2017
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Common Sense Media
age 17+Common Sense Says
High school drama tale is too edgy for young teens.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that the film delves into mature subject mature, including sexuality, death (suicide, for one), abortion, and teenage and middle-age ennui. Most of the teenage characters, and many of the adults, too, are pushing their boundaries and defining themselves, sometimes in ways that seem destructive. One girl appears to flaunt her sexuality, especially at older males. There’s also a fair amount of swearing. By way of foreshadowing, astronaut Christa McAuliffe's death during a failed 1986 takeoff looms over the storyline.
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The parents’ guide to what’s in this movie.
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Additional Info
- Genre:Drama
- Release Date:May 29, 2009
- Highest Available for Purchase:HD