Storyline
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. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.
Directors
Cast
Jeffrey Mowery, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Butler, Kevin Hart, Julianna Margulies, Golshifteh Farahani, Tate Donovan, Aja Naomi King, Phillip Chorba, Mark Kochanowicz, Amara Karan, Genevieve Angelson, Suzanne Savoy, Rachel Christopher, Laura Hart, Brian Gallagher, Junnie Lopez, Gary Ayash, Lyman Chen, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Ursula Triplett, Annie Pisapia, Rachel Alana Handler, Pia Mechler, Alisha Poland, Julie Stackhouse, Madeleine Woolner, Charmar Jeter, Matthew D'Arcy, Charles W Harris III, Nikki Corinne Thomas, Gemma McIlhenny
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Reviews
70
The pairing of Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in the lead roles pays off big time, with more laugh-out-loud moments than the original and some particularly hilarious work from Hart, who steps up his game after his fun if broad-minded performances in Get Hard and the Ride Along movies.
70
In the end, 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.
63
Cranston and Hart fight tooth and nail to keep the film as charming as possible, though, with Hart going to particularly impressive lengths. It almost works, until you remember it shouldn't.
60
This is not much more than a light crowdpleaser, but when you’ve got two powerhouse performers like this it is very difficult not to find oneself at least temporarily charmed.
50
No surprises here, folks; just half-hearted punchlines and unadventurous sentimentality readymade for marketplace consumption.
