The Invisible Circus [Region 2]
by Adam Brooks
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Actor: Blythe Danner, Cameron Diaz, Camilla Belle, Christopher Eccleston, Jordana BrewsterDirector: Adam Brooks
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: PAL
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Movie Reviews of The Invisible Circus [Region 2]
Movie Review: Moving and Realistic 'Coming of Age' Drama
Summary: 4 Stars
Some people don't like this film, since it doesn't fill in all the blanks for them, or simply because they don't like the 60's.
That's too bad, because in it's own way it's a little gem. I for one don't need my feelings and thoughts dictated to me, in the way that many 'popcorn' movies do. A way that many people have gotten used to it seems, and that made them lazy. And as for the 60's, this film is certainly not without its (implicit) criticism about the era...
This film challenges you to think for yourself, and make up your own mind. In my book that's a good thing.
We see how Faith gets overwhelmed by her fathers projections: in his view she's born in the right age to change things - unlike himself, a wannabe painter who's stuck in an office job. Faith and Phoebe believe that's what brought him to an early grave, and Faith sets out to fulfill her fathers dreams, which have now become her own.
Always looking for more, pushing further and further, Faith crosses the line and ventures into violent and extremist circles. Too late she realizes she went too far, and there's no way back - at least in her mind.
One of many thing that this film shows 'between the lines' is how easy it is to stray too far, and how hard it is to take one step back after you've crossed a certain line. And I'm not (just) talking about the ending of the film. It's clear to see how estranged Faith is from her old hippie friends after she comes back from the extremist RAF circles. She's still on an adrenaline buzz when she comes back, thinking the extremists were the real deal and oh so very exiting, whilst she perceives her old friends as 'boring' and merely 'wasting their time with slogans and banners'. Misguided as she is, she sees the terrorists as the only ones who are really making a difference. She can't relate to her friends anymore, and that's one more reason why it all went so horribly wrong...
The younger sister Phoebe sets out to follow Faith's footsteps, be it just to find out how it could have been possible that her happy, fun loving sister suddenly committed suicide.
It's a 'coming of age' drama in a way, but in a sense that we all have to find our own way, not follow blindly in the footsteps of others. It also makes a point that violence is never the answer. The only way to ever really change things is by setting a positive example, reach out to others, and keep on struggling to find our own truth.
Summary of The Invisible Circus [Region 2]
An affecting movie about ghosts and illusions, The Invisible Circus follows Phoebe (Jordana Brewster), an American girl who's retracing the path of her sister Faith (Cameron Diaz), hoping to discover what led to Faith's mysterious death. Using the postcards that Faith sent her from Europe as a map, Phoebe travels from Amsterdam to Paris to Portugal, learning from Faith's ex-boyfriend Wolf (Christopher Eccleston) about a side of Faith that Phoebe knew nothing about--a side that overturns all of Phoebe's cherished beliefs about her sister and herself. The performances in The Invisible Circus are uneven, and yet the culmination of the movie captures something piercingly sad, something acute and evocative about how survivors create myths about the lost, myths that can both help and hinder their lives. Blythe Danner plays the mother of the two girls in a brief but subtly powerful performance. --Bret FetzerDrama DVD Video
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