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11/30/01
The Invisible Circus (2001)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:13
Rotten:47
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Despite Jordana Brewster's strong performance, The Invisible Circus lacks the necessary dramatic tension to be interesting. Also, the cultural and political contexts of the period are barely explored.
Synopsis: In THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS, sixties idealism meets headlong with family conflict and, mysteriously, death. This compelling drama, based on Jennifer Egan's novel, begins in the infamous Summer of '69,... [More]
Starring: Jordana Brewster, Christopher Eccleston, Cameron Diaz, Patrick Bergin
Director: Adam Brooks
Reviews for The Invisible Circus
Top CriticThis cinematic big top is worth the price of admission.
02/02/01
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02/08/01
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12/06/05
Top CriticThe Invisible Circus ... doesn't so much illuminate Phoebe's confusion as share it.
02/02/01
Top CriticBy the time the uninspiring finale occurs the audience is completely lost in boredom and longing for the credits.
12/10/02
The Invisible Circus remains true to its title, difficult to see the point of or enjoy.
02/02/01
Cameron Diaz and Christopher Eccleston? Good. Jordana Brewster? Actorly indication, stilted line readings and nostril-flaring petulance. The result? A bad day at the Circus.
04/28/03
It's mostly dreary, plodding stuff that works as psychology 101.
02/16/01
Part beautifully shot European travelogue and part moving exploration of the darker side of the hippie era's rabid idealism.
02/07/01
Though the script is remarkably faithful to Jennifer Egan's novel, it relies too heavily on voice-over to move the plot along, preferring to baldly inform the audience of developments than letting us figure them out for ourselves.
02/26/01
A movie for people who are so sensitive they barely notice the feelings of others or what's going on in the world.
02/12/01
Alluring, but ultimately insubstantial.
02/02/01
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12/15/03
The Invisible Circus feels less like a drug trip and more like the annoying side effects on the morning after.
02/19/01
It is both admirable in its convictions yet unaware of its limitations; it strives for beauty and meaning, but ends up looking silly.
04/16/01
You should pay nine bucks to see this if: you're a hard-core Cameron Diaz fan.
02/02/01
The film is overnarrated and in spots overwritten, but Brooks ... does well with actors, and he has coaxed an extraordinary performance out of the young Jordana Brewster.
02/07/01
Mostly through Brewster's central, focusing performance, it brings back the time of youth gone mad with possibility.
02/01/01
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