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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrA fully felt, decently crafted teen B-movie melodrama, plenty preposterous in places but alive to the vibrant miseries of being young and misunderstood.
- 50VarietyVarietyThat rare mystery in which auds know everything upfront and the characters, rather than investigating, simply wait for the culprit to turn herself in. Previously adapted as Swedish thriller "Den Osynlige," Mick Davis' script brings out director David S. Goyer's emo side.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Invisible isn't the formulaic horror film that the studio is selling it as but surely it wasn't supposed to be an accidental comedy either.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubThe Invisible is, at its core, a character study, albeit one with a Patrick Swayze-in-"Ghost" paranormal edge. But it's definitely not mindless trash. If anything, the movie is too introspective, to the point that it doesn't build enough conflict or tension.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThis latest recycling of foreign-grown frights shows less interest in horror than in healing.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithA 12th-grade "Sixth Sense" with a third-rate plot.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyAnd yes, you are supposed to take this all extremely seriously; it probably sounded layered and complex when the writers were stoned.
- 30Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLittle more than an extended excuse for a soundtrack.
- 25New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsWhat might work as a narrative device in a novel - the spirit guiding readers through Nick's revelations - is just plain ridiculous in a movie.
- 25TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA textbook illustration of the American movie industry's ability to take an offbeat foreign film and systematically alter or soften every provocative and original thing about it.