As of mid May 2013,
Upside Down received 29% positive reviews according to movie review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus "In spite of its wonderfully unusual premise and talented cast,
Upside Down fails to offer much in the way of compelling drama to anchor its admittedly dazzling visuals."
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Mick LaSalle was one of several reviewers who admired the film's "brilliant" and "imaginative basis" while feeling ultimately disappointed, saying its "rich and bizarre premise is supported by fully realized visuals that make the fantastic real... it's all very enjoyable." However, he wrote, "The only problem is that, after creating the most wonderful fantastic frame,
Upside Down doesn't devise a picture worthy of it. The story is serviceable. It starts small, and it stays small, even though the circumstances surrounding the story seem to cry out for something bigger."
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Wired called the film "an odd and ultimately flawed mix": "If only the story were as original, or as strong, as the film's topsy-turvy look. Unfortunately,
Upside Down...invests almost all of its cinematic capital in gravity-defying eye candy."
[11] The Star-Ledger also had a mixed reaction, with its reviewer praising the "wonderful visual shock" and its "marvelous sense of space and style" and writing, "Solanas' idea is a pretty audacious one, visually. A political one too, as it turns out that for generations the upper world (think Northern Hemisphere) has been getting fat exploiting the resources of the lower one (think Southern Hemisphere)," but concluding that the film "doesn't really develop its story, or its themes."
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Frank Scheck found the film confusing, saying, "You practically need an advanced degree in physics to fully comprehend the convoluted physical machinations depicted in
Upside Down, Juan Solanas' dizzyingly loopy sci-fi romance. Depicting the
Romeo and Juliet-style romance between lovers from twin planets with opposite gravitational pulls, this head-scratcher boasts visual imagination to spare even as its logistical complexities and heavy-handed symbolism ultimately prove off-putting."
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1 comments:
My brother watched that movie on Netflix and he keeps telling me he really liked it and trying to make me like it.
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