28 Up (1985)

Although it felt a little "padded" to Gary and me, I think that had more to do with the fact that we'd seen the first three films so recently than it did with any pacing or editing problems. There are a lot of flashbacks which, for us, were unnecessary as we could remember what we'd seen in the last couple of weeks -- but I could definitely see that they would have been helpful for those viewers new to the subjects.

So far, the most interesting of the series. This is our first real checkpoint for the "give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man" quote. For the first time, we're actually seeing them as adults and, in a couple of cases, not seeing them at all -- which is, in itself, an assertation of their adulthood.

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