Patema Inverted
2013 · Movie · NR · 98 min · ★ 7.4 · 70% critics
A curious girl from an underground tunnel society becomes stranded in a world where gravity works the opposite way, turning every step into a dangerous risk. She teams up with someone from the surface to navigate a divided society, evade threats, and find a way back home.
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Details
- Original title
- サカサマのパテマ
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-11-09
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (470 votes)
About
If you enjoy high-concept sci-fi with constant peril and a strange, divided world, this may click, especially if you liked Time of EVE: The Movie or Summer Wars; Not for you if you need deep characters and steady pacing.
Pros: inventive gravity concept; gripping action moments; interesting animation sequences | Cons: slow uneven pacing; shallow character depth; one-note supporting cast
Themes
- underground world
- dystopia
- surrealism
- school
- missing parent
- xenophobia
- intercultural relationship
- gravity
- anime
- authoritarian regime
- adventure
Cast & crew
Yukiyo Fujii
as Patema (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
as Age (voice)
Takaya Hashi
as Izamura (voice)
Shintaro Ohata
as Porta (voice)
Shinya Fukumatsu
as Elder (voice)
Masayuki Katou
as Lagos (voice)
Hiroki Yasumoto
as Jack (voice)
Maaya Uchida
as Kaho (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
as Principal (voice)
Go Shinomiya
as Teacher (voice)
Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura