Rotten
Soon enough the worlds of Up Top and Down Below feel like distractions, CGI Potemkin villages.
James Adams, Globe and Mail
Upside Down
Two worlds. One future.
2012 · 1h 44m · PG-13
Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
Directed by
Juan Diego Solanas
Overview
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A Romeo and Juliet story for the age of CGI overkill, Upside Down zigs where it should zag and dulls where it should dazzle.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
Absent any emotional grounding, the film is a gorgeous, sterile construction, like a dream city unoccupied by humans.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Simply put, this is one of the craziest films to come along in a while and I can confidently say that anyone who sees it will either hail it is some kind of crackpot masterpiece or dismiss it as one of the silliest damn things they've ever seen.
Peter Sobczynski, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
It doesn't really develop its story, or its themes. It doesn't truly draw out its characters. It evokes no serious emotions. It has - in the end - no gravity.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
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