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Play trailer 2:02 Poster for Topside Released Mar 25, 2022 1h 25m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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Topside's sobering take on a somewhat familiar story is elevated by a pair of powerful central performances.

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Summer j A real true to life story of the harshest reality drug abuse and unfortunate life choices can be. Well written, acted and produced. A glimpse into the underbelly world of many not noticed and forgotten. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/21/24 Full Review Trina C boring and slower than a slow burn but still really good Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/19/24 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Celine Held

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Logan George

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Zhaila Farmer

Little

Celine Held

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Jared Abrahamson

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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
Producer
Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Kara Durrett, Jonathan Montepare, Melina Lizette, Josh Godfrey, Daniel Crown
Screenwriter
Logan George, Celine Held
Distributor
Vertical Entertainment
Production Co
ELO Films, Likely Story, K Period Media, Red Crown Productions, Level Forward
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 25, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 25m
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