Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she's met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
Up the Down Staircase has generally received positive reviews.
Review of Up the Down Staircase (1967)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Oct 2004
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Review of Up the Down Staircase (1967)
By Michael E. Grost (280) for Classic Film and Television (280) on 15 Aug 2012
Review of Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Review of Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Review of Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Review of Up the Down Staircase (1967)
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Up the Down Staircase was released in 1967 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 16 reviews, giving Up the Down Staircase (1967) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 72%. Professional critics were more impressed with Up the Down Staircase than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 70%, Up the Down Staircase is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1967, which stands at 60%.
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