Seven Up!

Amazing concept, but the first entry in this series is difficult to follow. Do you know how hard it is for a poor viewer like me to keep track of 14 kids in 39 minutes with no nametags/captions? But it's obvious that great things will come from this series. I can't wait to see the rest.

Good start to the series, would like to see how it progresses through the years

Does one rate this based upon the first impression or based on how it would play later, after you've caught up with the series? I'll go with the first impression which was: Solid but nothing more. And, by the way, most of the footage from this is also part of '7 Plus 7', and a lot of it will be repeated throughout the series... so I feel like it would do no harm to simply skip 'Seven Up!'.

I feel like this could only get better but these kids are, like all kids, pretty annoying. Too short to really say anything interesting and not very insightful into the mind of a kid, especially when you realize they are all trying to talk like adults which is super weird. Cool concept but the first one doesn't offer much.

Love the concept. 30 minutes and it seems like great things are to come.

Awesome. Take a really smart concept, add adorable British kids and you have a mega score from me. I can't get enough of the "Say I don't like greens...well I don't...and say she says 'well you have to eat what you get'" snippet (one of the boys explaining that he doesn't want to get married because his wife might make him eat dreaded greens). I love it.

The start of the Up documentary series is a pretty basic and short one, as the people who would be documented in later films here are currently children and there’s only so much school and personal life talk you can obviously get out of them. Nevertheless, seeing Britain back in the 1960s and how their optimism and hopes and ambitions could shape their futures would be covered is intriguing.

A fascinating snapshot of an age cohort divided by social class. The pacing and interview style hold up very well.

Of its time; the lack of nametags was confusing cuz i couldn't tell you who was who, the sound is grating, and not due to the kids' shouting. But hey i'll stick around for the journey these kids go on

Difficult to rate this objectively outside of its position as genesis for a fascinating (and continuing) cinematic experiment, but the pithy insights from the kids on-screen here are at least a step-up from "kids saying the darndest things" and the production team to capture some amusing moments which show the sledgehammer literality of a seven year old's mindset. Serves its purpose as an extended current affairs segment but is definitely more useful as a signpost for bigger and better things.