42 Up

The most recent of Michael Apted documentary series, though apparently 49 Up is in the process of completion for release this year (or next, perhaps in the U.S.). It's difficult to write about the individual entries to this series because it is, above all, a series, a continuation -- the most profound look into humanity and the cycle of life that cinema has yet attempted and accomplished. As an individual film, however, this is probably the weakest entry (whatever that means). Now in their 40's the subjects seem to have more perspective on life, especially since Apted has been kind enough to document it for them. Life goes on and people change, but not nearly as much as they stay the same.