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The Upside

  • 20092009
  • 1h 17m
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Stephen de Oliveira, Dominique Rémy Root, Marlene Edoyan, Simon Brown, Nipsi Belliappa, Stephen Taylor, and Xania Keane in The Upside (2009)
  • Comedy
  • Musical
  • Romance
Following the misadventures of two eccentric personalities, Dee and Jamie the story is a quirky romantic comedy of two well-meaning individuals who meet and fall in love in an especially clu... Read allFollowing the misadventures of two eccentric personalities, Dee and Jamie the story is a quirky romantic comedy of two well-meaning individuals who meet and fall in love in an especially clumsy manner. Jamie and her friend Arnold are elementary school teachers. While Arnold is la... Read allFollowing the misadventures of two eccentric personalities, Dee and Jamie the story is a quirky romantic comedy of two well-meaning individuals who meet and fall in love in an especially clumsy manner. Jamie and her friend Arnold are elementary school teachers. While Arnold is laid back and practical, Jamie is fun and easygoing, but has forgotten how to trust. Jamie's... Read all
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  • Director
    • Gabriel Brown
  • Writer
    • Robert Murray
  • Stars
    • Xania Keane
    • Stephen Taylor
    • Dominique Rémy Root
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    • Gabriel Brown
  • Writer
    • Robert Murray
  • Stars
    • Xania Keane
    • Stephen Taylor
    • Dominique Rémy Root
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    Xania Keane
    • Jamieas Jamie
    Stephen Taylor
    • Deeas Dee
    Dominique Rémy Root
    Dominique Rémy Root
    • Janetas Janet
    Simon Brown
    • Jeromeas Jerome
    Stephen de Oliveira
    • Arnoldas Arnold
    James Murray
    • Charlieas Charlie
    Marlene Edoyan
    • Anastasiaas Anastasia
    Nipsi Belliappa
    • Ms. Rajaas Ms. Raja
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      • Robert Murray
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    Following the misadventures of two eccentric personalities, Dee and Jamie the story is a quirky romantic comedy of two well-meaning individuals who meet and fall in love in an especially clumsy manner. Jamie and her friend Arnold are elementary school teachers. While Arnold is laid back and practical, Jamie is fun and easygoing, but has forgotten how to trust. Jamie's insular world is changed when Dee moves into the building where she's parking her camper van. Dee is tall, attractive, and even more fearful and insecure than her. A hopeless mama's boy, Dee is finally moving into his own place at the age of 30 - with his mother's help, of course. Jamie and Janet clash at first meeting, and Jamie's strange personal world is sucked into the even more bizarre reality that exists around Dee and his mother. However, Jamie remains undeterred by his behavior and a flirtatious rapport develops between the two eccentric characters. Meanwhile, Janet begins a torrid and unlikely affair with Jerome, the obnoxious building supervisor. While Dee and Jamie are suffocated with their insecurities and meaningless exchanges, unable to just go for it even though there is an obvious attraction, Jerome and Janet immediately connect in a very lustful, physical way. A complication arises when Karen, the new phys-ed teacher from out of town meets Jamie. —Damon Cox
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      • A comedy about discovering the comfort of being together
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    8/10
    Thoroughly enjoyable once it gets going.
    Having watched the original version of this 'The Untouchables' I was interested in seeing this only because of Kevin Hart and Brian Cranston but at the same time was concerned I would be very disappointed.

    It started off. bit rocky but improved greatly as it went on. I actually got really drawn into it by the middle, so much so much so that I could feel the tension and emotion deeply which is saying something for me.

    Sadly Nicole Kidman is not a very good actress and she should not have been in this role. I found her performance in Aquaman just as bad as was her female co star in the same film. Very jerky and stiff. It is painful watching actresses who have succumbed to face immobilizing procedures. It affects their acting a lot as they are very conscious of themselves and the way they look rather than giving a great performance.
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    • Release date
      • 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stanstead, Québec, Canada
    • Production company
      • Sunset Pictures
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      1 hour 17 minutes
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      • 1.78 : 1

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