Seven Up!
Posted by martinteller on August 20, 2011
I’ve heard about this series for ages, but I’ve been reluctant to dive in. Partly because of the time investment, but also because I fear the concept as a whole is more interesting than the individual parts. And although I expect the later installments to improve, the first film really doesn’t stand well on its own. I’m not that interested in children to begin with, especially not such precocious ones. The subjects were all chosen as the brightest of their respective classrooms, so they’re all trying to talk like adults, which gets on my nerves. Particularly the three prissy upper-class boys. The film is too short and has too many players to get very in-depth, but some of the observations about class differences are fairly intriguing, and I’m curious to see how those develop. But as a stand-alone movie, there’s not much meat here. Rating: Fair
