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- With a strong cast and an ambitious concept, WHAT GOES UP is a movie you want to like. Sadly, it never takes flight, hunkered down by a bloated, overwrought storyline. It aims for edge but comes across as much too earnest, and not in any endearing way.
www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/what-goes-up
May 28, 2009 · Let’s start with the writer-director’s paralleling of the historical tragedy-to-be with various personal calamities: the journalist harbors a damning secret, a small town’s beloved teacher ...
May 29, 2009 · WHAT GOES UP (formerly titled Safety Glass) is a film about a morally challenged New York reporter, Campbell Babbitt (Steve Coogan), who learns life lessons from a group of dysfunctional...
May 29, 2009 · Director and co-writer Jonathan Glatzer handles his talented cast well, and the movie is dark, droll and sentimental in roughly the correct proportions. Worth a look.
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- Jonathan Glatzer
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- Steve Coogan
Jun 16, 2014 · High school drama tale is too edgy for young teens. Read Common Sense Media's What Goes Up review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Sony Pictures
- Hilary Duff, Steve Coogan
May 29, 2009 · An emotionally damaged New York reporter (Steve Coogan) covers the Challenger launch, and afterward, he becomes close to a group of students whose teacher was killed in the explosion.
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- Jonathan Glatzer
- R
- Steve Coogan
Mar 25, 2021 · Nobody. Bob Odenkirk takes an unexpected turn in Ilya Naishuller ’s “Nobody,” a clever action flick that repositions the star of “Better Call Saul” as someone closer to Liam Neeson ’s action heroes. While imagining one of the brilliant minds behind “Mr. Show” as an action hero may seem like a stretch, it turns out to be a stroke ...
May 13, 2009 · Set for no good reason against the backdrop of the tragic 1986 Challenger mission, “What Goes Up” introduces us to cynical big-city journalist Campbell Babbitt (Coogan), who is exiled by his ...
