Patema Inverted

2013 [JAPANESE]

Action / Adventure / Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 78% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 11078 11.1K

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Plot summary

A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.

Director

Yasuhiro Yoshiura Photo
Yasuhiro Yoshiura

Top cast

Maaya Uchida Photo
Maaya Uchida as Kaho
Hideyuki Umezu Photo
Hideyuki Umezu as Principal
Yukiyo Fujii Photo
Yukiyo Fujii as Patema
Kiyohito Yoshikai Photo
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Student B
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
908.66 MB
1280*714
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 5
1.82 GB
1920*1072
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by blott2319-1 6 / 10

Neat concept, if unremarkable execution

It seems like I've seen trailers for several different films/shorts that are about people who live in two worlds where their gravity is pulling each of them the opposite direction. It's a neat idea, and I liked how they revealed it in Patema Inverted. It made sense that the two societies would be afraid of one another, and view each other as outcasts. I found the friendship formed between the two main characters to be extremely charming, and it was enhanced by the fact that their relationship felt threatened because of the forces that are fighting to keep them apart. While it never felt like they had much agency in improving their lives, at least they bonded in a relatable way.I did find that the villain in Patema Inverted was more than a little over-the-top. While I can tolerate some mustache-twirling bad guys, for some reason here it felt exaggerated a bit too much. Also, the resolution at the end came out of nowhere and didn't really make sense to me. I understood what was happening, but it didn't follow a logical pattern based on what I'd seen up to that point. But, this isn't a film that is constructed in our normal world, so I should give it the benefit of the doubt when it comes to standard rules of logic. When I allowed myself to let go of that kind of critical thinking, I did have a good time watching Patema Inverted. It is a neat premise, and they made a nice little movie based on it (even if it is not one I expect to return to any time soon.)
Reviewed by wintersoldier-44268 7 / 10

Decent, but oddly paced

The animation is stellar, no surprises there. Voice acting is great as well. Where this film suffers is pacing; it tends to get a little jarring from time to time, and the ending feels... incomplete. It just ends when it feels like it needed just that one last concluding scene where the plot is wrapped up and you just don't get that. But that aside, I had a good time watching this film, even though a lot of the emotion felt a little hollow. The cinematography was definitely what made this movie a film worth watching if nothing else.
Reviewed by toonbuggenhout 8 / 10

My personal opinion

Review based on: => Story: perfect(*****) => Design/ drawing style: love it (*****) => Music: weak at some moments (**) but in the action good (***){Btw: this ' * ' is my score from 1(*) to 5(*****)}
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