“Upgraded” is a new romantic comedy streaming on Prime Video and the perfect feat for Valentine’s Day.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- Upgraded is a 2024 American romantic comedy film
- It is directed by Carlson Young
- Starring Camila Mendes, Archie Renaux, Thomas Kretschmann, Grégory Montel, Lena Olin and Marisa Tomei
- The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on February 9, 2024
- Ana is an ambitious intern, dreaming of a career in the art world while trying to impress her demanding boss, Claire
- When Ana is upgraded to first class on a work trip, she meets handsome Will, who mistakes Ana for her boss
- A white lie which then sets off a glamorous chain of events, romance and opportunity
- Until her fib threatens to surface
- In August 2022, it was reported that Camila Mendes and Archie Renaux were cast in the film
- The film entered production in the United Kingdom
- The following month, it was announced that Marisa Tomei and Lena Olin were part of the cast
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 71% rating
- Based on 31 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 5.8/10
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100
- Based on 8 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average” reviews
- The film opens with a scene describing the painting “The Swan” (1915) by Hilma af Klint
- Lena Olin played Hilma af Klint in the film “Hilma” (2022)
- Olin is also Swedish, sharing a nationality with the real life Klint
- Claire turns the box of chocolates sideways, sits back with her hands at the edge of the desk, then as she leans forward to get a chocolate her arms disappear back to the desk’s edge
- Also the box has changed direction
- Upon when the scenes of aircraft, they’re using Airbus A380-800 from New York-JFK to London-LHR for the landing
- British Airways doesn’t fly to New York-JFK using Airbus A380-800s
- As Terminal 7 doesn’t have gates for Airbus A380s
