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Patema Inverted
Animation · Science Fiction · Adventure · 2013
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.
Movie details
Patema Inverted
“Come see the world through Patema's eyes.”
2013 Animation · Science Fiction · Adventure 1h 38m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.3 / 10
10.9K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
66 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
7.4 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Patema Inverted?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Written by
Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Yukiyo Fujii
Patema (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Age (voice)
Takaya Hashi
Izamura (voice)
Shintaro Ohata
Porta (voice)
Shinya Fukumatsu
Elder (voice)
Masayuki Katou
Lagos (voice)
Hiroki Yasumoto
Jack (voice)
Court is in session
Put Patema Inverted on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Importance has entered the chat.”
The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.