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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

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,... 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, when radical hippie Faith O'Connor (Cameron Diaz), and her English boyfriend Wolf (Christopher Eccleston) take off for Europe, feeling that they will change the world for the positive. Faith diligently writes postcards to her younger sister Phoebe (Jordana Brewster). When they suddenly stop, the next Faith's family hears of her is that her body has been found at the bottom of a cliff outside a tiny Portuguese fishing village, the victim of an apparent suicide. Seven years later, Phoebe, a haunted, introverted teenager, still doesn't believe her adventurous, life-loving sister would have taken her own life so, against the wishes of her protective mother (Blythe Danner), Phoebe decides to retrace Faith's journey across Europe, using the postcards she had received from Faith as her only clues to a growing mystery. From a houseboat in Amsterdam to a flat in Paris, Phoebe follows Faith's footsteps right to the end. Along the way, she finds Wolf married and settled into a life of bourgeois complacency, one of the many twists in this chilling, engaging story. [More]

Starring: Jordana Brewster, Christopher Eccleston, Cameron Diaz, Patrick Bergin

Starring: Jordana Brewster, Christopher Eccleston, Cameron Diaz, Patrick Bergin, Camilla Belle, Blythe Danner

Director: Adam Brooks

Director: Adam Brooks
Screenwriter: Adam Brooks
Composer: Nick Laird-Clowes
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Robin Clifford
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For fans of any of the performers involved, it should be a must-see.

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12/21/01
Ted Murphy
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12/06/05
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The Invisible Circus ... doesn't so much illuminate Phoebe's confusion as share it.

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02/02/01
A.O. Scott
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By the time the uninspiring finale occurs the audience is completely lost in boredom and longing for the credits.

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12/10/02
Anthony Miele
Anthony Miele
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The Invisible Circus remains true to its title, difficult to see the point of or enjoy.

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02/02/01
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

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.

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04/28/03
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

It's mostly dreary, plodding stuff that works as psychology 101.

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02/16/01
Bruce Kirkland
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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.

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02/26/01
Catharine Tunnacliffe
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A movie for people who are so sensitive they barely notice the feelings of others or what's going on in the world.

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02/12/01
Charles Taylor
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