The Upside

No one signed up to be the butler of happiness. A wealthy quadriplegic hires a parolee caretaker in Manhattan, sparking an odd-couple dynamic. The film gets credit for trying, even if it mostly forgets to laugh at itself.

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Neil Burger directed The Upside in 2019. See Neil Burger's full filmography, where to start with Neil Burger, or where to go after you've seen everything by Neil Burger.

The Upside was released in 2019 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 126 minutes.