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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 10 Jan 2019

Hart delivers a sincere and relatively low-key performance as Dell, but he’s playing an all-too-familiar movie stereotype…

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By Soren Andersen (496) for The Seattle Times (964) on 10 Jan 2019

The picture’s ultimate destination is marked with an obviousness so bright it can be seen from space…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 10 Jan 2019

Neither great nor terrible…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 10 Jan 2019

The rest is feel-good painted unenthusiastically by numbers: a repetitive series of artificially inflated character conflicts and tossed-off…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 10 Jan 2019

Although its leads find the odd moment of charm together, even Kidman in what’s somehow the worst-shaded part of all three, The Upside fumbles…

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By Garrett Mitchell (27) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 10 Jan 2019

Despite their palpable comedic chops, Hart and Cranston are unable to make this unlikely and stereotypical pair likable…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 10 Jan 2019

The film as a whole never takes flight, though not for lack of trying…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 10 Jan 2019

It’s a hollow replica of its source material…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Jan 2019

The Upside was probably never going to be a good movie, but it needn’t have been such an unfortunate, spectacularly ill-timed one, the victim…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 10 Jan 2019

The whole affair is misjudged and sickly sweet…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 09 Jan 2019

The upside of The Upside is that Hart’s fans will find just enough here to warrant the ticket price…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Jan 2019

For what it’s worth, The Upside is exactly what you think it is: the latest Hollywood effort that aims to show that a black man and a white…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Jan 2019

The film becomes overrun by an increasingly preachy and tiresome series of life lessons about race, class, and love…

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By Mark Kennedy (184) for The Associated Press (882) on 09 Jan 2019

Few films in memory have squandered so much acting talent in such a cliche-ridden, exploitative and dishonest way…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 07 Jan 2019

Cranston and Hart fight tooth and nail to keep the film as charming as possible, though, with Hart going to particularly impressive lengths…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Screen International (2,241) on 15 Sep 2017

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…

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By Jordan Mintzer (201) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 15 Sep 2017

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…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for The Guardian (2,969) on 15 Sep 2017

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…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for Variety (12,700) on 15 Sep 2017

So little has been done to update or refresh “The Intouchables” for American culture or a new audience that The Upside has no integrity…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for IndieWire (3,631) on 15 Sep 2017

No surprises here, folks; just half-hearted punchlines and unadventurous sentimentality readymade for marketplace consumption…

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