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The Upside is a 2017 American comedy drama film directed by Neil Burger. The screenplay was written by Paul Feig, Éric Toledano, and Olivier Nakache, based on the film The Intouchables. The production company was Escape Artists, with executive producer Harvey Weinstein and producers Todd Black and Steve Tisch. The cast includes Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, and Aja Naomi King.
The film has a runtime of 126 minutes and was distributed by STX Entertainment and Lantern Entertainment. It was released on video on demand in 2019. Filming and the narrative location are in New York City. The original language is English, with Stuart Dryburgh as director of photography and Rob Simonsen as composer.
The film received a review score of 43%, 5.3/10, and 46/100. It had a budget of 37,500,000 and generated revenue of 125,856,180. Keywords associated with the work include based on true story, remake, class differences, caregiver, and man in wheelchair.
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7.1Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.
Cast
- Kevin Hart as Dell Scott
- Bryan Cranston as Phillip Lacasse
- Nicole Kidman as Yvonne Pendleton
- Golshifteh Farahani as Maggie
- Aja Naomi King as Latrice
- Tate Donovan as Carter Locke
Themes
- based on true story
- remake
- class differences
- caregiver
- man in wheelchair
- interracial friendship
- social differences
- rich man
- quadriplegia
- male nurse
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Intouchables
- Director
- Neil Burger
- Screenwriter
- Olivier Nakache
- Composer
- Rob Simonsen
- Producer
- Steve Tisch
- Production company
- Escape Artists
- Cinematographer
- Stuart Dryburgh
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 470827
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.theupside.movie
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- title
- The Upside
- publication date
- 2019-02-21
- executive producer
- Harvey Weinstein
- distributed by
- Lantern Entertainment
- social media followers
- 3867
- review score
- 46/100
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