Or, to put it another way: What could be more beautiful than a rich, cultured, immobilized white man bonding with a poor, under-educated, able-bodied black one? “The Upside,” like “The Intouchables” before it, labors mightily to sell this dubious intersectional nightmare of a premise in as charming and grounded a manner as possible. After some early tetchiness and a few physical pratfalls, the two men gradually begin to thaw, bonding in ways that may elicit both an “aww” and a raised eyebrow.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times