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Reviewed by Truman Kewley. Viewed at Santa Barbara International Film Festival.<\/p>\n
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The film Up There was a fun look at what might happen after someone dies. \u00a0I am a big fan of British comedies such as Shawn of the Dead and many others. \u00a0This film was not as funny as I hoped but I\u00a0definitely\u00a0had a good time getting sucked into this afterlife world. \u00a0The film was interesting because it was a new look at what could\u00a0possibly\u00a0happen after we die and the shock it must be to find out that you are dead. \u00a0The supporting character Rash really made the film interesting and is\u00a0definitely\u00a0the reason that kept my attention.<\/p>\n
I watched the film Up There at the Santa Barbara\u00a0International\u00a0Film Festival. \u00a0The director of the film,\u00a0Zam Salim, who is also the writer did a great job creating a story unlike really another film. \u00a0The actors did a great job at feeling real and they all seemed to stay true to there characters. \u00a0The main character was a bit boring and had minimal expressions yet the supporting actor had a huge mouth and\u00a0definitely\u00a0kept things interesting.<\/p>\n
The film Up There fallows a man who\u00a0recently died and his soul was\u00a0transferred\u00a0to a world in between heaven and the world of the living. \u00a0Once a person dies they must live in this world coping with there death before they can transfer to heaven, and to get into heaven you must be given an OK\u00a0from a therapist\u00a0like character. \u00a0The main character soon becomes a death officer greeting the recently\u00a0deceased and explaining to them what there next step closer to getting into heaven is. \u00a0Once his partner is permitted into heaven he really begins to get depressed. \u00a0The main character must realize what is really important and what his values are before he can enter heaven.<\/p>\n
The acting in the film is well done especially the supporting character Rash. \u00a0Rash’s character really brings humor to a dark subject but stays\u00a0relevant\u00a0to the message being given. \u00a0The music in the film creates moods that the characters are feeling and helps us know\u00a0whether\u00a0to laugh or cry. \u00a0The editing of the film was done well and flowed perfectly with each cut.<\/p>\n
This film did have similar UK humor seen in films such as Shawn of the Dead and the British TV show The Office but was not quite as funny as I was hoping it would be. \u00a0I would consider this film to be more of a drama rather a comedy.<\/p>\n
I would recommend anyone who likes UK movies to watch Up There. \u00a0This film had many interesting aspects and a different story line. \u00a0I enjoyed this film from\u00a0beginning\u00a0to end, even though I was expecting more of a comedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reviewed by Truman Kewley. Viewed at Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film Up There was a fun look at what might happen after someone dies. \u00a0I am a big fan of British comedies such as Shawn of the Dead and many others. \u00a0This film was not as funny as I hoped but I\u00a0definitely\u00a0had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1747,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1747"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}