What Goes Up (2009) Critic Reviews
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What Goes Up has a one-of-a-kind character in Coogan, a cynic with a savior complex, who lies partly out of convenience, and partly because he knows--as Glatzer and Lawson know--that even a messy story can still inspire.Read the full review
Even when Mr. Coogan can't make his scenes work, his prickly presence keeps you watching, as does the eerie scenes of winter that Mr. Glatzer captures with the camera.Read the full review
A pointless and pretentious drama.Read the full review
A turgid mess of a film that has a lot of ideas on its mind, none of which prove very interesting or in fact coherent.Read the full review
Glatzer aims to wring laughter out of this desperation but succeeds only in producing a series of contrived characters and situations that make "The Breakfast Club" look like an unfiltered documentary.Read the full review
