Topside

Released Mar 25, 2022

1 hr. 25 min.

Drama

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Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five-year-old girl and her mother have claimed the abandoned tunnels as their home. After a sudden police-mandated eviction, the pair are forced to flee aboveground into a brutal winter night, threatening their future as mother and daughter.

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Critics Consensus

Topside's sobering take on a somewhat familiar story is elevated by a pair of powerful central performances.

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Les N

Well that was depressing! I suppose you shouldn't let things go too far.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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Natalie T

Difficult subject matter. Well acted and poignant. The ending was a relief as I felt the main character's level of anxiety and desperation throughout the entire movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/02/22

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Audience Member

An emotional frenetic rollercoaster ride through the other side, featuring the less fortunate people we see everyday in the city but try to ignore. Eye opening, tragic, and very intense! Riveting performances by everyone., especially so from Held (mother, writer, director) and Farmer (the girl). This one will stay with me for a long time. SXSW & Venice Film award winner (& deservedly so)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/12/22

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natalie n

Boring. Slow. Depressing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Amazing movie w impeccable acting. A real eye opener of how some human beings suffer every day and how it effects some that don’t have a choice. After watching this movie I can’t get out of my head of what 2pac said in an interview. How do some people have 30 bedrooms and others don’t have a room. How can somebody have 100 million dollars and some have none. It doesn’t make any sense. After watching this I fully understand now what he meant. No human being should have to live like this as others greed flourish including my own. Not only did I thank God for my life, I realized I have a lot of work to do to help others.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/12/22

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Liz F

If you think you need a reminder to count your blessings, watch this. Uncomfortably true in its depiction of the misery of people with no safety net, and the lack of social services for the homeless, Up Top doesn't cater to cliches or overdo the heartache.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/08/22

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

The setting plumbs the depths but the movie stays on the surface.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 25, 2022

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Michael Nordine

Variety

Held and Farmer have natural onscreen chemistry, bringing an almost docudrama realism to their characters’ shared fate even as it teeters on tragedy.

Mar 25, 2022

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Sarah-Tai Black

Los Angeles Times

In the end, the most alluring aspect of “Topside” — its capacity for embodied feeling — is perhaps the one that was most cut short.

Mar 24, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“Topside” embodies everything I love about independent cinema. It tells a fiercely intimate story without any obligations to studio guidelines or genre expectations.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 16, 2022

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Film Threat

Topside is a masterpiece of the marginalized world rarely seen. It represents a major cinematic achievement by very talented creators. It gets my highest recommendation.

Rated: 10/10

Apr 8, 2022

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Soham Gadre

Film Inquiry

Topside is a movie that combines its aching childlike innocence, slowly being stripped away to the raw bone, with an unforgiving environment made and populated by negligent adults.

Apr 3, 2022

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Synopsis

Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five-year-old girl and her mother have claimed the abandoned tunnels as their home. After a sudden police-mandated eviction, the pair are forced to flee aboveground into a brutal winter night, threatening their future as mother and daughter.

Director: Celine Held, Logan George
Executive Producer: Adrienne Becker, Yoni Liebling, Kimberly Steward, Christy Spitzer
Screenwriter: Logan George, Celine Held
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Likely Story, ELO Films, Level Forward, K Period Media, Red Crown Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 25, 2022, Limited

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