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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 CriticNo review available.
02/03/04
Brooks tries to cram too much into his scenes, combining both the film's external world and characters' inner thoughts in a way that is cluttered and lacking in imagination.
09/04/01
For fans of any of the performers involved, it should be a must-see.
12/21/01
A credible portrait of an era, and draws in its tensions and conflicts with quite some power.
04/16/01
A fatally insubstantial film.
02/02/01
The low energy level ... keeps The Invisible Circus from fulfilling the potential of its interesting characters and theme.
02/01/01
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-soled narrative boots through the squishy marsh of contrivance.
02/02/01
Top CriticEverything must pass through the filter of Phoebe, who is basically inexpressive and unlikable.
02/01/01
Alluring, but ultimately insubstantial.
02/02/01
Brewster has us caught up in her adventure, making us empathize with her conflicts and compulsions.
01/09/01
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12/15/03
It's a dull, dim flick.
02/01/01
This cinematic big top is worth the price of admission.
02/02/01
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02/08/01
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02/07/01
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 a girl obsessed with her sister's mysterious death
12/18/06
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
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
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 is really about.
02/07/01
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