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The Invisible Circus
2001
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The Invisible Circus
Positive Reviews
11
Negative reviews
15
Average Rating
2.4
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1.9
When flashbacks tease us with bits of information, it has to be done well, or we feel toyed with. Here the mystery is solved by stomping in thick sole ..
Rogerebert
4.5
Her Phoebe is a perfectly pleasant girl who just cant be bothered to summon real emotion.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
A soul satisfying film about one young womans rite of initiation into adulthood.
Spirituality And Practice
1.5
Theres painfully little thats enlightening, provocative or engaging in this third rate Circus.
One Guys Opinion
3.1
For whatever reason, Brooks has decided to distance his characters from the audience, and the result is a cold, uninvolving experience.
ReelViews
1.5
In adapting Jennifer Egans first novel, writer turned director Adam Brooks has mined just about every sixties clich imaginable.
Tv Guide
3.0
Watching it is like having a book read to you by someone who cant enliven his voice above a monotone.
1.5
The slow pace, lack of tension ... and increasingly preposterous developments will have many viewers seeing through this film long before it draws to ..
Screen It
1.5
The Invisible Circus embraces many of the themes of these and other films, but, as adrift as its two sister heroines, refuses to settle upon what it i ..
Film Journal International ..
4.0
Brewster has us caught up in her adventure, making us empathize with her conflicts and compulsions.
Internet Reviews
3.1
Although well cast and acted, the movie doesnt amount to much. Still, it is an enjoyable enough diversion.
Internet Reviews
4.5
dreamy and meditative film the disillusioning unfolding of the real, cold, hard world as we grow up.
1.5
Adam Brooks film is a total miss, both as a potentially intriguing look into the tumultuous politics of the 1960s and 1970s and as a coming of age of ..
Emanuellevy
4.5
A movie for people who are so sensitive they barely notice the feelings of others or whats going on in the world.
Salon
1.5
By the time the uninspiring finale occurs the audience is completely lost in boredom and longing for the credits.
Flim Threet
3.0
A credible portrait of an era, and draws in its tensions and conflicts with quite some power.
Bbc
3.1
Ashes of Time doesnt follow a traditional narrative but, rather, carefully unspools a number of interconnected plot threads.
Mr Brown Movies
3.1
A fondly crafted adaptation of a Jennifer Egan novel, The Invisible Circus is an absorbing story about hope, youthful ardency and shattered illusions ..
Spliced Wire
1.5
The low energy level ... keeps The Invisible Circus from fulfilling the potential of its interesting characters and theme.
Boxoffice Magazine
1.3
The Invisible Circus feels less like a drug trip and more like the annoying side effects on the morning after.
Nitrate Online
1.5
You should pay nine bucks to see this if: youre a hard core Cameron Diaz fan.
I Film
2.5
The Invisible Circus has its heart in the right place, but its hippie dippie, flower power motif never really goes anywhere or say anything new.
2.0
Though the script is remarkably faithful to Jennifer Egans novel, it relies too heavily on voice over to move the plot along, preferring to baldly inf ..
eye WEEKLY
1.5
Cameron Diaz and Christopher Eccleston Good. Jordana Brewster Actorly indication, stilted line readings and nostril flaring petulance. The result A ba ..
Entertainment Today
1.5
It is both admirable in its convictions yet unaware of its limitations; it strives for beauty and meaning, but ends up looking silly.
1.5
Never finds a rhythm its comfortable with, nor much to say thats not been said before.
Philadelphia City Paper
1.5
This sort of material probably would fare better in the hands of an inexperienced novelist who has more of an opportunity to explore inner states than ..
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