Review of “UPSIDE” Movie

Review of “UPSIDE” Movie

A.    Orientation

·         Production companies : Spyplane Films

·         Year of production     : October 4th, 2010

·         Running times                   : 106 minutes

·         Distributor                          : Provident-Integrity Distribution/Sony Pictures Entertainment

·         Director                               : Ken Horstmann

·         Executive Producer        : Robin Thornton, George Wallace,  Donnie Coe,  Wayne Morgan

·         Producer                             : Ken Horstmann,  Adam Callner,  Andrew Grein,  Casey Wallace

·         Writer                                  : Ken Horstmann,  Adam Callner,  Andrew Grein,  Casey Wallace

·         Genre                                   : Drama

·         Categories                          : Youth

·         Language                             : English

·         Features                       : Randall Bentley (Solomon White), Leah Sims (Wren Woods), Taylor St.

   Clair (Mrs. Buck), Jeremy Harrison (Craig Parker)

B.     Interpretative Recount

High school senior Solomon white(Randall Bentley,”Heroes”) seemingly has everything : great athlete, good-looking girlfriend, nice car, bright future.

      But things aren’t always as they appear.
when a devastating head injury flip his vision and his world-upside down, Soli is left not knowing what normal looks like anymore.

      Upside provides is unique perspective as Soli tries to come to grips with difficulties at home and at school. And the challenges grow deeper when he starts falling for Wren, a believer who’s been blind since birth.

      When facing life’s twist and turns, it’s important to know what you believe. And even when you can’t trust your eyes, you still have your voice.

C.     Evaluation

UPSIDE is a unique, entertaining, inspiring movie. His life is on a fast track, so Solomon cheats on his English papers. When he gets hit on the lacrosse field, his vision literally turns upside down. After the accident, Solomon spends a long time in the hospital and is in constant pain. He goes to a meeting of VISION at a church, which is a support group for visually impaired people. The totally blind girl who speaks, Wren, captures Solomon’s heart and mind. The problem is, she’s a very committed Christian. So is his English teacher, who tries to help Solomon find his voice. Only a miracle can turn his vision physically and spiritually rightside up.

It was so fun to be able to watch a movie that the whole family enjoyed without any objectionable content. Our nine year-old boy, who plays lacrosse, enjoyed the sports-action segments and my wife and thirteen year-old daughter, enjoyed the romantic elements. It’s a classic movie and fantastic sound-track, on par with “Fireproof” and “Facing the Giants.”

D.   Evaluation Summation

This is an unique movie that have many moral value, This movie teaches us to be people who always appreciate everything that we have, not arrogant, and always pay attention to our neighbors.