The Invisible (2007)

Waste of time

Thanks for the memories!

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

I have looked over the reviews, and honestly can not understand where the hate is coming from. It certainly was not referring to the production values, all of which were fine, the film was well photographed, edited, acted and directed. It could not have been against the telling of the story, It is well told and clear. I could see those expecting a horror story would be disappointed, but the degree of hatred in the reviews boggles my mind. Those who call it boring are wrong. It is not in any way boring. Those who call it poorly acted are wrong. It is well acted and written. I figure that what must gall those critics is the concept, that there are many faces that we choose. That those who act evil may upon deeper examination, have redeeming features, and that the masks we wear cover a universal common bond. That a good deed may counter a lifetime of mistakes. These are the messages I got from this movie. Uplifting movies do not seem to be in fashion. If you have been dissuaded from watching it by the negative remarks, that's a shame. This is really a much better picture then they portray it to be. It's worthy of your time.

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.

going into this movie,i had no idea what to expect.what i got was a well written,well directed,well acted film.it's not like any film i've seen before.on an emotional level,it's very touching.the acting is superb,but Justin Chatwin and Margarita Levieva(who are really the central characters)are standouts,in my opinion.they each inhabit their characters.it's a complex(but not complicated) film with many themes running through it.hatred,love,loss,sorrow re4demptioand irony,to name a few.this film sticks with you after viewing it.you really have to take some time to digest what you have seen.it bears more than one viewing.for me,The Invisible is an 8/10

Dan Grant i totally agree!When i first saw the trailers i was psyched to see this amazing adrenaline rush of a movie about a boy desperate to solve his own murder before the clock runs out but instead we got nothing...at all.He knew who killed him he knew where his body was and there was no creepy old man i think we were cheated out of what had the potential to be a gr8 movie i mean it wasn't so bad that i had to shut it off but it was not at all what i wanted to see but i gotta say i did feel a little bad for his attempt of murderer lol but even the fact that he felt bad for her sucked i was very disappointed and sometimes i think about it and just wish some 1 some where will make that movie that was promised to us in the original trailers