The Invisible (2007)

The QUALITY is Invisible

The second I received the movie "Invisible" in the mail I was instantly happy. However, upon watching it, I noticed that several parts were absent from the DVD that I KNOW should have been in it. [This is one of my favorite movies.] I would suggest buying elsewhere, unless of course, you've never seen it before. Then you probably wouldn't miss anything TOO important. However pivotal the missing parts may be, I keep it on my shelf and laugh at the thought of it. November 11, 2008

The Invisible

This was very good. A unique story of a boy who gets beat up and left for dead, but his spirit trys to find a way to get himself rescued. I was a bit sad at the ending..as i would have done it different, but still a good movie. November 3, 2008

Average paranormal story.

An intelligent young man (Justin Chatwin/Nick) is "presumably" killed and his body left hidden in a remote place by a kind of bad girl from his school (Margarita Levieva/Annie) as she thinks he reported to the police a jewellery robbery she had committed. Then, he wanders the streets and around his school and home as his soul is trapped between heaven and earth. Nobody sees him. He tries to communicate with anybody, unsuccessfully. The film has plenty of nuances, such as the behaviour of Nick's mother played by Marcia Gay Harden/Diane, the tenderness and concern of Annie for her baby brother. Nick, horrified, thinking he is really dead, discovers in a clever way (I won't tell) he is not dead at all. From this moment on, Nick decides to take some action despite nobody sees him. Alex O'Loughlin plays Annie's boyfriend, an ex-convict in a small role very different from the lovely vampire from the "Moonlight" series. Watchable film even though it is not a "Sixty Sense" one. November 2, 2008

The Unwatchable

I did not think this movie was ever going to end. Please explain to me how a 90 lb high school girl can physically intimidate a gang of thugish high school boys , a violent ex con, and out wit the entire seatle police department. This movie was ridiculous. It had a great concept but the story was contrived and poorly written. Dont waste your time.
October 8, 2008

so-so teen thriller

**1/2

"The Invisible" employs a premise whose cinematic pedigree extends all the way back to "Carnival of Souls" in 1962 and which reached its apogee of commercial success with "The Sixth Sense" in 1999. The idea goes something like this: a character is killed but returns to the land of the living, initially unaware that he or she is already dead. Usually this involves not being able to communicate with the people around him, a situation that can lead to a great deal of frustration for the undead individual involved.

To its credit, "The Invisible" has come up with a nifty little twist on the formula that adds a note of beat-the-clock urgency to the narrative (I won`t spell out what that addition is for those who haven`t already seen the movie). Suffice it to say, Nick Powell (Justin Chatwin) is the high school boy who, after being beaten and left for dead by a gang of social misfits, mysteriously returns in non-corporeal form to observe the authorities' search for his body and for those responsible for his disappearance.

While the idea behind "The Invisible" is worked out with a certain amount of complexity and flair, there's no getting around the fact that all that teenage angst stuff becomes a trifle wearisome and annoying after awhile. In addition, the dialogue, acting, directing and soundtrack are pretty much straight off the studio factory assembly-line. In all fairness, however, it should be noted that the movie does manage to work its way to a pretty cool ending, lifting the film slightly above the ordinary, at least in the closing stretches. September 1, 2008

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