Up! (1976) Review- By Michael J. Carlisle

Title: Up!
Year: 1976
Director: Russ Meyer
Country: US
Language: English

Please don't mistake Russ Meyer's Up! for the G-Rated Disney Pixar Adventure from 2009 that was nominated for "Best Animated Feature" at the Academy Awards. This film is, in one word, outrageous. It could also be described as excessive; in busty heroines, sexy femme fatales, bloody violence and vicious vixens. To its credit Up! does try to have some semblance of a plot, but I doubt any audience member cares. They came for the T&A! 

Up! kicks off with the murder of one Adolf Schwartz. Who did it? No-one knows or cares, as they're too busy being distracted by busty Margo Winchester, who hitch-hikes into town and gets involved with all the local men.

If you're watching this movie expecting an intelligent murder mystery...you'll be disappointed in a very good way. As with most of Meyer's filmography you'll be treated with copious amounts of testosterone, sex, nudity, pornography, all coming off as undeniably humorous. Up! is a cheeky film in more ways than one. Its cheese is rather charming, even for those who despise sexploitation.

 Effective in its mission of unrefined eroticism and gung ho extravagance, Up! is hard to walk away from. Each scene is contained within an atmosphere of weirdness, eccentricity and pure sexual madness. While not exactly a technically well made film, as the dubbing is poor and the sound effects are even worse, Meyer's film is still one hell of an event. 


I'm not entirely sure where you can find Up! to purchase, the copy I watched was on Youtube.This film isn't "great" in any sense of the world, but it certainly must be seen. Its a very unique picture that could have only come out in the 70's.