The Upside

About The Upside

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son.

The Upside is a 2019 comedy film directed by Neil Burger. It runs 126 minutes and was released in January 2019.

Kevin Hart stars as Dell Scott, Bryan Cranston as Phillip Lacasse, Nicole Kidman as Yvonne Pendleton, and Golshifteh Farahani as Maggie. Written by Jon Hartmere. It was produced by Escape Artists. The story is adapted from real events.

Members will find class differences, feelgood, caregiver, and rich man in it. American members can watch it on Hulu.

The Intouchables, Titanic, and The Revenant make useful companions to The Upside, all filed under quadriplegia. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 1,450 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.