The Invisible (2002)

Simply A Masterpiece

Just what I expected

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The girl acting as a villain in this film is incredible. Her performance is powerful in it!! From the beginning of the movie, she is hated by everyone. I hated her, too as I saw her in this film. Toward the end of it, I Couldn't help but crying for her. The cruel surface of the girl covered the sweetest emotion trapped inside. She is lovely at the end!!!! How powerful her performance is!! The actress is Tuva Novotny. I will remember her name and expect her upcoming films in the future. By the way, the leading actor is really great, too. Gustaf Skarsgård is also excellent in Ondskan (evil). Certainly he is one of the most talented Swedish actor nowaday. Anyway Osynlige, Den is really a great movie. Watch this original one and skip the remake.

I absolutely adored this movie as well. I was fortunate to see it when it premiered in Chicago at the Siskel Film Centre. I had a chance to see it with subtitles since I am still learning Swedish.The imagery that this film gives you will leave a lasting impression. It is very graphic but that is the pain, the tears, and anger in the film that gives off the imagery.The main actors did such a splendid job that I felt that with such a tough storyline that they wouldn't be able to do it but they performed flawlessly. This film is a definitely must see! I managed to get a copy of the DVD but it didn't have English subtitles but actions speak louder than words in this movie. Thus it is a favourite.

Erik is a successful student, who one night is attacked by a gang from school. The next morning, it is like he is being invisible for everyone. He soon realizes that he is dead (I guess he watched "ghost" or something) but sticks around to find out why he was killed and whether the crime will be solved.Most of the movie after that is about the aftermath of the killing between the people involved. It's rather predictable and slow with no surprises whatsoever. I'll give it 2 out of 10.

This film was a complete surprise for me. I expected something nothing like it, rather a normal Swedish film, grey, theatrical dialogue and bad camera, but was I wrong!This film is something very new in Swedish film. It captures the very best of earlier Swedish films but adds something completely new. Not seen in films from anywhere to tell the truth. A kind of magic that sometimes is a component in real life, but seldomly is captured in films. Of coarse this film also contains a lot that is not to be found in ordinary life, at least not as clear as here...It touches something seldom seen in films, the very essence of reality and consciousness. What are we? What is reality? Are we really? And why now? For how long? And for what reasons?Some things is elegantly left out of the pictures, like questions of good and bad, love and hate. The are pictured though, but in a way that needs no further explanation. The film doesn't give any answers, only give rise to many questions...Thomas Hedengran and Tuva Novotny are doing great things in this picture. Academy award quality stuff. Gustaf Skarsgård is okay to, perfectly adequate actually, but the role does not, and should not, give space for larger performances.Highly recommended.First half better than last though.../ino