Incredibly underrated; slow start but incredible finish

Incredible, keeps you guessing, surprises you constantly

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Nobuhiko Okamoto

Shintarô Ôhata

Yasuhiro Yoshiura

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.

Sakasama no Patema

I don&apos;t want to spoil anything but when I saw the concept of this movie I did not think much of it. I figured I&apos;d go watch it on the strength of the fact that it won some award in Ireland. I just saw the North American Premiere and I was totally shocked by it. The only review I had read of this movie was that it was &quot;OK&quot;. 

Folks, this movie is better than OK, it is fantastic. It is not at all what I thought it would be and the concept of &quot;inverted&quot; is key here. They keep on changing what&apos;s real and what&apos;s not, and your idea of what reality is switches back and forth several times. They have a few really big reveals in the film that kind of blow you away. I don&apos;t even want to say what other movies this is like because it would give it away. But similarities aside, it still manages to be original and refreshing. Just be prepared to have your mind blown several times in the course of the movie all the way to the ending.

There is another movie called Upside Down that came out around the same time as this, maybe a bit earlier. I have never seen it but the reviews on it are terrible. These guys may not be the &quot;original&quot; upside down movie but they certainly did a great job with the concept, probably better based on the reviews. 

Do yourself a favor and watch it, and do not read any plot synopses on it beforehand. Don&apos;t spoil the surprises.

Trailer

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I don't want to spoil anything but when I saw the concept of this movie I did not think much of it. I figured I'd go watch it on the strength of the fact that it won some award in Ireland. I just saw the North American Premiere and I was totally shocked by it. The only review I had read of this movie was that it was "OK". 

Folks, this movie is better than OK, it is fantastic. It is not at all what I thought it would be and the concept of "inverted" is key here. They keep on changing what's real and what's not, and your idea of what reality is switches back and forth several times. They have a few really big reveals in the film that kind of blow you away. I don't even want to say what other movies this is like because it would give it away. But similarities aside, it still manages to be original and refreshing. Just be prepared to have your mind blown several times in the course of the movie all the way to the ending.

There is another movie called Upside Down that came out around the same time as this, maybe a bit earlier. I have never seen it but the reviews on it are terrible. These guys may not be the "original" upside down movie but they certainly did a great job with the concept, probably better based on the reviews. 

Do yourself a favor and watch it, and do not read any plot synopses on it beforehand. Don't spoil the surprises.

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