21 Up (TV Movie 1977)

21 Up: Directed by Michael Apted. With Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield, Andrew Brackfield. Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

“I saw u0026quot;49 Upu0026quot; first, and thatu0026#39;s what made me decide to see the series from the beginning. I enjoyed seeing them as 7 and 14 year olds. This film was interesting, except I thought Aptedu0026#39;s emphasis towards the man who wanted to become a missionary at 7, and whou0026#39;s Dad lives in Rhodesia (sorry, I forget his name) was an editorial mistake, and slowed the film down, and made that part of the film quite boring. Apted spent an inordinate amount of time on this guy, and I have no idea why. Itu0026#39;s of course a subjective thing, but I think we were supposed to find him interesting, and I couldnu0026#39;t see why.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNeil of course is the most compelling person to observe and see grow. An extremely sensitive guy, and I donu0026#39;t say that disparagingly. As I already saw u0026quot;49 Up,u0026quot; I know what happens to Neil and the stuck-up little rich girl (again, I forget her name), so itu0026#39;s all very interesting to see what they were doing at that age.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOnto u0026quot;28 Upu0026quot;!”