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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 03/25/2022
2/4
The setting plumbs the depths but the movie stays on the surface. Go to Full Review
Michael Nordine Variety 03/25/2022
Held and Farmer have natural onscreen chemistry, bringing an almost docudrama realism to their characters’ shared fate even as it teeters on tragedy. Go to Full Review
Sarah-Tai Black Los Angeles Times 03/24/2022
In the end, the most alluring aspect of “Topside” — its capacity for embodied feeling — is perhaps the one that was most cut short. Go to Full Review
Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/16/2022
4.5/5
“Topside” embodies everything I love about independent cinema. It tells a fiercely intimate story without any obligations to studio guidelines or genre expectations. Go to Full Review
Michael Talbot-Haynes Film Threat 04/08/2022
10/10
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. Go to Full Review
Soham Gadre Film Inquiry 04/03/2022
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. Go to Full Review
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Summer j 07/21/2024 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. See more Trina C 05/19/2024 boring and slower than a slow burn but still really good See more Les N 02/16/2024 Well that was depressing! I suppose you shouldn't let things go too far. See more Natalie T 10/02/2022 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. See more 09/12/2022 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) See more 08/12/2022 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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