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Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story

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Filmmaker Lee Storey examines the history of the musical group Up With People.

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Adam Keleman Slant Magazine 08/04/2009
2.5/4
The film is as insubstantial and irrelevant as the group itself, providing no probing insight into its ultimate purpose and function, or how they managed to survive all these years. Go to Full Review Annlee Ellingson Moving Pictures Magazine 07/29/2010
Storey's discoveries feel undeveloped, and one is left with suggestions rather than conclusions. Go to Full Review Fr. Chris Carpenter Movie Dearest 08/02/2009
A-
Fascinating...director Lee Storey wisely resists criticizing individual Up With People members, she doesn't hold back recounting its leaders' excesses. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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08/23/2018 Interesting film. I was approached and offered a chance for my kids to join this group. The more I read about it, the more it just frightened me. See more Read all reviews
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Lee Storey

Director

Lee Storey

Producer

Bari Pearlman

Producer

Ezra Bookstein

Cinematographer

Penelope Falk

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Lee Storey examines the history of the musical group Up With People.
Director
Lee Storey
Producer
Lee Storey, Bari Pearlman
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 21m