Upside Down Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Kirsten Dunst, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though it might seem at first to be really original, in fact, I thought it was some kind of mix of ‘Gattaca’, ‘Brazil, ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ and even ‘Romeo and Juliet’. On top of that, even if the concept did have some potential, especially for some amazing drawing done by Escher, for a video-clip or for a short movie, I’m not sure if it was appropriate for a full length feature like this one. I mean, each time the action was slowing down (which happened rather often), I would ask myself the same questions: ‘Is it actually physically possible?’ and ‘what the hell am I actually looking at right now?’. However, the biggest issue was probably with the story though. The problem was not really that this impossible love story was terribly generic, the problem was above all that it was rather poorly developed. For example, they shouldn’t have used the amnesia gimmick if it would then simply come and go whenever it was needed for the plot. Furthermore, I think it would have been better if they took a darker approach, if, for example, their romance would have been physically impossible. Instead, they went for some cheesy happy ending which solved pretty much everything, not only for this couple but also for everyone else living in this world. Anyway, to conclude, I know, it might sound as if I really didn’t like the damned thing at all, but at least, it was really creative and it did result in some amazing scenes visually speaking so, in spite of its flaws, I still think it is worth a look.