Patema Inverted
GKIDS | Release Date: August 29, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 28, 2014
At once a touching adolescent love story and a visually evocative portrait of society torn apart by literally competing forces, Patema Inverted is an uncommonly ambitious animated effort that beautfully illustrates the need for both physical and emotional connections in a topsy-turvy world. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 28, 2014
The music is lovely, and the animation is soft and imaginatively detailed. Patema and Age may not know what’s upside down or right-way up, but their director is never in any doubt. Read full review
80
Total FilmKevin HarleyAug 26, 2014
From the texture of the underground havens to the idea that our leads have to – literally – cling to each other lest gravity tears them apart, it’s a wonder of detail and ingenuity. Read full review
80
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyAug 26, 2014
Yoshiura keeps the story fairly linear, while playing with perspective and composing many stunning, vertiginous images that consider the different possibilities of being at war with gravity. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 29, 2014
Yoshiura’s film resonates with the fantastic visions that we’ve come to hope for in the best Japanese animation. When the flat character design, two-dimensional villains, and unengaging narrative counter-act that, it falls flat. Like its two lead characters, it is of two worlds. Read full review
60
The GuardianDee RudebeckAug 26, 2014
The animation is intricate and beautiful but the narrative is clunky and heavy-handed in places. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonAug 26, 2014
It’s impressive but not dazzling. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithAug 27, 2014
The film by Yasuhiro Yoshiura suffers from many of the same flaws as other anime features — a plodding pace, broad humor, a bland heroine and snarly, one-dimensional villains. Read full review
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