Synopsis
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?
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Cast
- Kirsten DunstEden Moore
- Jim SturgessAdam Kirk
- Timothy SpallBob Boruchowitz
- James KidnieLagavullan
- Holly UlothPaula
- Blu MankumaAlbert
- Nicholas RosePablo
- Vlasta VranaMr. Hunt
- Kate TrotterBecky
- Janine TheriaultMiss Maguire
Recommendations
- 75
Observer
True originality is so rare that it’s a treat to welcome a movie as completely different and provocative as Upside Down. It’s unlike anything you have ever seen. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
This head-scratcher boasts visual imagination to spare even as its logistical complexities and heavy-handed symbolism ultimately prove off-putting. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Without a strong narrative engine, Upside Down ends up exactly where it shouldn't go: sideways. - 42
The Playlist
Sturgess and Dunst are two actors who have the potential to excel; “Heartless” and “Melancholia” both hold notable performances from them that serve the story and its themes well. Here though, Solanas does the pair no favors. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Upside Down is a very fancy piece of junk. - 40
Time Out
The movie builds to a particularly deflating anticlimax, passing over an inevitably apocalyptic confrontation between spheres with a wink-wink, nudge-nudge bit of dialogue that’s like a rejected punchline from a Douglas Adams novel. - 40
Village Voice
Solanas comes up with arresting images; it's in telling the story that he stumbles, getting so tripped up in the allegorical details of his invented universe that his characters suffer. - 40
New York Daily News
Its compelling conceit is immediately weighed down by leaden execution.
