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The Upside has generally received positive reviews.
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The Upside was released in 2019 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 75 reviews, giving The Upside (2019) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 64%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Upside than critics were.
With a score of 62%, The Upside is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2019, which stands at 60%.
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