Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story

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2009

1h 21m

Documentary

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

Adam Keleman

Slant Magazine

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 4, 2009

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Annlee Ellingson

Moving Pictures Magazine

Storey's discoveries feel undeveloped, and one is left with suggestions rather than conclusions.

Jul 29, 2010

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Fr. Chris Carpenter

Movie Dearest

Fascinating...director Lee Storey wisely resists criticizing individual Up With People members, she doesn't hold back recounting its leaders' excesses.

Rated: A-

Aug 2, 2009

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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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Bari Pearlman

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Ezra Bookstein

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Penelope Falk

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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

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