"It's very touching... There's a lot to love in this movie."
— Peter Rainer FilmWeek, (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
"These documentaries are a time-lapse study of human life. They are a gift."
— Ty Burr, Boston Globe
"The Up series feels like the last of its kind and should be treasured as such."
— John Fink, The Film Stage
"The best of art makes you think of life. On that front, Michael Apted has achieved more than all but a handful of filmmakers. Cherish 63 Up, like you cherish life."
— Stephen Rodrick, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"[T]he real brilliance of "63 Up" and its predecessors isn't the light these movies shine on Tony, Jackie, John, Neil and the rest, but the mirror they hold up in front of us."
— Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
"The project is a unique social experiment which we can all participate in, in a way, dipping back in time to connect with old acquaintances and, inevitably, measuring our own ups and downs in the interval."
— Liam Lacey, Original-Cin
"People change, some more than others, but 63 Up is so beautiful and bittersweet for how it finds them becoming who they are. Hopefully many of them live to enjoy it, and this series continues for a couple more decades to come."
— David Ehrlich, IndieWire