Should you watch Seven Up!?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Seven Up!
Documentary · 1985
A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. The filmmakers plan to re-interview them at 7 year intervals to track how their lives and attitudes change as they age.
The sides of Seven Up!
- Fourteen British children aged seven
- Kids from rich and poor backgrounds
- The first film of a series that returns every seven years
Seven Up! is good for you if…
- you like real children talking honestly about money, school and the future.
- you like seeing where lives begin before you watch them grow.
- you like small portraits of very different kids.
Seven Up! is bad for you if…
- you find 1960s black and white footage dated.
- you want to know how their lives turn out, and this first film leaves them at seven.
About: class · childhood · destiny
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