Life Upside Down

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Life Upside Down
LifeUpsideDownPoster.png
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCecilia Miniucchi
Written byCecilia Miniucchi
Produced by
  • Carl F Berg
  • Jeffrey Coulter
  • Rose Kuo
  • Cecilia Miniucchi
  • Jason Rose
Starring
Edited by Anne Goursaud
Music byCharlie Dobney
Production
companies
  • Europhia Films
  • Genoma Films
  • Johnny Fiction Entertainment
  • FR Productions
Distributed by IFC Films
Release dates
  • September 1, 2022 (2022-09-01)(Venice)
  • January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)(United States)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4,467

Life Upside Down is a 2022 American romantic comedy film directed and written by Cecilia Miniucchi. It stars Bob Odenkirk, Danny Huston, Radha Mitchell and Rosie Fellner.

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Shot remotely during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the film premiered at the 79th Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2022. It was released in limited theaters and video on demand on January 27, 2023. It began streaming on AMC+ in April 2023.

Premise

In March 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdowns three couples are uprooted from their high-society lives. They are now trapped in their individual Los Angeles homes and are forced to spend all day and night with their significant other.

Cast

Production

Under the working title Worlds Apart, the film was shot during the COVID-19 pandemic remotely over Zoom in May and June 2020 in Los Angeles. [1] [2]

Release

Life Upside Down premiered at the 79th Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2021. [2] IFC Films acquired North American distribution rights and released the film in limited theaters and video on demand on January 27, 2023. It began streaming on AMC+ in April 2023. [3]

In its opening weekend it grossed $2,419 at 27 theaters. [4] It went on to make a total of $4,467 in the United States and Canada. [5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 5% of 19 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.4/10. [6] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 37 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [7]

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