Movie
Name/Year: The
Invisible Man (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Length: 124 minutes
Rating: R
Production/Distribution: Goalpost Pictures, Blumhouse
Productions, Dark Universe, Universal Pictures, NOS Audiovisuais, Toho-Towa,
United International Pictures (UIP), Universal Pictures International (UPI),
Universal Pictures
Director: Leigh Whannell
Writer: Leigh Whannell, H.G. Wells
Actors: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver
Jackson-Cohen, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Michael Dorman, Harriet Dyer, Amali
Golden, Benedict Hardie, Zara Michales, Sam Smith, Anthony Brandon Wong, Bianca
Pomponio, Dennis Kreusler, Michael Knott, Randolph Fields
Blurb
from IMDb: When
Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she
suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia
works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Selina’s
Point of View:
In my
Top 20 article for February, I made sure to state that I would be pissed if The
Invisible Man didn’t measure up to its trailer. I’m happy to tell you that
I am not pissed at all. In fact, I am very – VERY – happy.
This is
not a short movie. It’s rough to live up to a runtime that breaks 2 hours. This
one did. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire film. I’m not sure I
blinked. Every single scene kept me invested and aware.
I
know it goes by horror, but I would consider this movie more of a thriller –
and a really good one, at that. I mean, the Invisible Man is an old, well-known,
horror icon… but even knowing that, there were times I had to wonder if it was
actually a psychological thriller. The movie pulled off showing things from the
main character’s perspective gloriously. But they also showed things from the
antagonists view point without doing it overtly. That definitely made it feel more
thriller-like.
Through
the use of camera angles, you can clearly see what the antagonist is doing and
seeing. You don’t really hear him speak for the majority of it, but because of
the camera movements, you’re kept 100% aware of what he’s seeing. You know
about stuff that the protagonist doesn’t realize he’s seeing. It immediately
thrusts the creep factor up to max.
Elisabeth
Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale, Us, The Pack) is an artist. She perfectly
portrayed an abused woman scared to be found. The tastes of PTSD were
outstanding.
I do
wish the ending were a little less predictable. I called it from the first act.
I’m glad I went to see this one alone or I might have accidentally spoiled it
for whomever I’d seen it with. If you’re not paying attention to the
foreshadowing, though, it might not be that obvious.
I
think this is the best incarnation of The Invisible Man that I’ve ever
seen. I want more of this.
Rotten
Tomatoes Critic Score – 91%
Rotten
Tomatoes Audience Score – 88%
Metascore – 71/100
Metacritic
User Score – 7.2/10
IMDB
Score – 7.6/10
CinemaScore – B+
Trust
the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 5/5
Movie
Trailer:
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