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  • What Goes Up
  • Opened May 29, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 47 min.
  • R
    sexuality, language and some drug use, all involving teens
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • Campbell Babbitt (Steve Coogan), a morally challenged and emotionally distraught New York reporter sent to cover the New Hampshire hometown hoopla surrounding Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian astronaut. Upon arriving in the small New Hampshire Read More
  • Cast: Steve Coogan, Hilary Duff, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Molly Shannon
  • Director: Jonathan Glatzer
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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  • 60
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    Director and co-writer Jonathan Glatzer handles his talented cast well, and the...

  • 58
    The Onion A.V. Club | Noel Murray

    What Goes Up has a one-of-a-kind character in Coogan, a cynic with a savior...

  • 30
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Even when Mr. Coogan can't make his scenes work, his prickly presence keeps you...

  • 30
    Chicago Reader | J.R. Jones

    The thesis-driven story precludes much dramatic discovery, and the looming...

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