StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Leofwine_draca That THE INVISIBLE is so obviously a film aimed at teenagers (and full of 'teenspeak' and the like) is one of the main problems it has. It's also not an invisible man story, which I couldn't help but be disappointed by, but more of a ghost film with a twist. Director David S. Goyer seems to be a big name in Hollywood these days with his scripts for superhero movies, but this is more in line with the Full Moon Pictures fare he started out doing.Justin Chatwin (DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION) is the bland hero who suffers a violent fate at the hands of some local drug dealers and is thus trapped in a kind of limbo state, much like in the (better) GHOST. Honestly, his character isn't so bad, but the stakes are kind of low and I didn't care much about whether he lived or died. The whole hanging-around-people-grieving thing is rather clichéd while the mystery and detection aspects of the narrative are poorly handled.Worst of all is supporting character Annie, played by the cold Margarita Levieva. The viewer is supposed to invest in her character as she undergoes some redemptive character arc, but I couldn't stand her from beginning to end, and the end is just cheesy by the way. So no, this attempt at making a LOVELY BONES-style fantasy film for teenagers has too many problems to be a success.

josh gilligan there are only a few reasons why this movie isn't in the 5 dollar bin or forgotten all together: 1. the acting (while not flawless) keeps the movie from being completely stale. 2.it has amassed a reasonable fan following from a previous foreign film and a book. 3. the directors and writers of this movie, i'm sure, were not idiots. they put moments in the movie that at the same time completely cliché and faux dramatic, but are still compelling to the viewer (for example overdosing on drugs or resorting to suicide to escape limbo). just like when your average corrupt politician makes a speech about his recent trip to feed the kids in Africa or just so happens to mention how much he gave to charity. its a shameless con to get you to think there is substance in the movie. when in actuality, the movie is stuck in limbo.

Matthew McNaughton I haven't seen the original film, and I kind of don't want to. The atmosphere, the talent, and the presentation are just perfect. If there's one thing I don't like, it's Marcia Gay Harden. I just can't sympathize with her character at all, even though I do like her. I think it's because we never get to see Nick and his mom talk about his internship, and therefore why she so adamantly says no.I love the three main characters to death. Justin Chatwin is a great protagonist, Chris Marquette is excellent as a flaky best friend, and Margarita Levieva is all sorts of beautiful. I think she's one of the main reasons I can watch this movie over and over without growing tired of it, because there's always something in her role that I've missed. I can't recommend this movie enough.

hnt_dnl THE INVISIBLE (2007) is a slightly above-average suspense horror tale about two teenagers, who, on the surface, appear to be polar opposites, but in reality, are two sides of the same coin. One is the gifted and rich teenager Nick (convincingly played by Justin Chatwick), who lost his father at a young age and feels trapped in a go-nowhere relationship with his obviously cold, distant mother (fine performance by veteran Marcia Gay Harden).The other is the tough and troubled delinquent Annie (refreshingly played by Margarite Levieva), who is part of a high school gang of thieves and is in cahoots with a recently-paroled local ex-con Marcus (good performance by Alex O'Loughlin). Annie has a dysfunctional home life as well (father with a dead-end job, terrible stepmother) and is ironically the best influence on her little brother.The movie has an amazing opening dream sequence of Nick's graduation party that foreshadows the main point of the film, that Nick himself feels "invisible" to his mother and to the rest of the world and he desperately wants to connect to SOMETHING! He has only one best friend that betrayed him later on and a girlfriend that we find out later was just using him. Even the connections that Nick THOUGHT he had were a mirage! Conversely, Annie feels alone, too, doomed to a life of poverty and crime. Both characters feel ALONE and so the message of the film, I think, is that sometimes the strongest bonds come from the most unexpected sources. It is the character details to Nick and Annie's personal lives and their connection that make the movie what it is. Also, the music used throughout the film to underscore Nick and Annie's situations is wonderful.Unfortunately, other than the main stars and a couple of other aforementioned characters, the movie as a whole is very flawed. The major flaw is the cops investigating Nick's disappearance and apparent murder, the 2 main of which (Callum Keith Rennie and Michelle Harrison) leave nary of an impression, as they seem strangely distant from the story and take what I think is way too long to figure out Nick's whereabouts and connecting Annie to the disappearance. I mean, it never should have been THIS difficult! I also don't get why Nick's best "friend" Pete (Chris Marquette in a thankless role) didn't come forward sooner as there was really nothing he could do about the beating and I doubt he would have actually gone to jail if he'd spilled the beans on Annie and her cronies. But the "action" scenes in the film's climax are really a head-scratcher as there is no way that Annie should have so easily gotten away from the police. She was literally cornered and should have been caught. The cops were totally and unacceptably inept in this movie.But, I will say that the ending to this film was simply AMAZING! It seems as though the director knew how he wanted to start and finish the film, it was just the middle parts that were a bit too muddled.