Product Details

• Actors: Steve Coogan, Hilary Duff, Olivia Thirlby, Josh Peck, Molly Shannon
• Directors: Jonathan Glatzer
• Writers: Jonathan Glatzer, Robert Lawson
• Producers: Anthony Miranda, Dureyshevar, Elie Samaha, Jack Nasser, James Hoke
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: June 16, 2009
• Run Time: 115 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0025B206O
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,253 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "What Goes Up" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Starring Steve Coogan and Hilary Duff, What Goes Up takes a comedic look at life, love and all the chaos in between. Also starring Olivia Thirlby and Josh Peck. When a group of teenage social misfits befriends jaded journalist Campbell Babbitt (Coogan), who's on assignment in their small New Hampshire town, they each find themselves searching for meaning and truth in their crazy, mixed-up lives. But as Babbitt gets to know these eccentric kids better -- their hidden secrets begin to rise to the surface, changing each other's lives forever.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars what goes up, July 13, 2009

By	terry e.chandler,jr. "ozzy" (woodstock,ga. u.s.a.) - See all my reviews

don't get up from your seat or you'll be confused!after it's over then the whole movie makes sense!way to go Hilary duff great acting!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprised and Grateful, June 17, 2009

By	Dirk Diggler "painkiller" (california) - See all my reviews

At first, I wasn't sure where it was going... Up, down or just sideways. But soon, I realized the filmmakers were creating a world that resembled reality far more than almost any movie I've seen in that there are collisions between events, intentions, characters, loves, hates ...and the whole stew can be hysterically funny, odd, disturbing, heartbreaking and then funny all over again. In this way, I have to give the film enormous credit and gratitude that it does not try to be like every other movie. It does not talk down to its audience.

It takes place in 1986 in the days before the Challenger Shuttle blew up, but the themes of heroism and unexpected tragedy play out in subtle and clever ways. I think the critics who didn't like this movie are used to following very well paved roads with well defined markers. This movie follows its characters first to last and that can make it bumpy and twisty and ultimately, so much better. And because the characters are so three dimensional, the markers which we expect only come if the characters lead us there. They do in the end. The director lands us where we need to be. But along the way, we are on ground which is just as unsettled as the characters who turn to ridiculous methods to lessen the pain of losing someone they loved in their lives. If you're willing to walk this unsettled ground, it's well worth the ride. The performances are outstanding, especially Steve Coogan and Olivia Thirlby. If, on the other hand, you need to be spoon-fed or for your plots to be singular and instantly identifiable, you will probably hate it. You kind of have to give in to it and then the doors open and the characters and the overall tone of the film resonates. It WILL make you laugh and cry.

I saw this at a promotional screening. It was mostly filled with Hilary Duff fans. I am not one, but am much more so now. She does wonderfully well as the Lolita wannabe seductress. Again, the character is so finely drawn that some might think since she's not a successful seducer, the character and the movie leave you hanging. It's really the opposite. It's her lack of success which makes her character so compelling. In many ways you can say the same about the movie as a whole. It plays its own game according to the rules which govern human behavior, not conventional plot points. This results in an awkwardness which is much more real and much more satisfying than just about anything I've seen in some time. I highly recommend.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film...Hilary Duff is the greatest!, June 20, 2009

By	R. Bible, Jr. "funny man" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What Goes Up is a film that far exceeded my expectations for any new upcoming Hilary Duff films. She beautifully plays a character that seems to be searching for something to fill a gap that has been placed in her life by the death of someone she and her friends loved and worshipped. This movie seems to leave the Hollywood mold behind (very thankfully!) and shows us just how realistic life is, and how it's not perfect at all like most movies would try to make it seem. The other actors are fantastic as well, especially Olivia Thirlby and Steve Coogan.

This movie is highly recommended and I really loved it. Very fantastic film for our times.