The Invisible (2007)

After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able to help him, is his attacker.

Director:

David S. Goyer

Writers:

Mick Davis (screenplay), Christine Roum (screenplay),

Stars:

Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Justin Chatwin	...	Nick Powell
Margarita Levieva	...	Annie Newton
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Diane Powell
Chris Marquette	...	Pete Egan
Alex O'Loughlin	...	Marcus Bohem
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Detective Brian Larson
Michelle Harrison	...	Detective Kate Tunney
Ryan Kennedy	...	Matty
Andrew Francis	...	Dean
P. Lynn Johnson	...	Sharon Egan
Serge Houde	...	Martin Egan
Desiree Zurowski	...	Lindy Newton
Mark Houghton	...	Jack Newton
Alex Ferris	...	Victor Newton
Tania Saulnier	...	Suzie

Storyline

Nick Powell is an excellent high-school student who raises money by selling homework and results of quizzes to his schoolmates. He aims to travel to London for a writer's course - telling his best friend, Pete Egan, that he has already bought the airplane ticket but he has not told to his mother yet. Annie Newton has a problem with Pete, who owes money to her. As events unfold, due to a case of mistaken identity Nick takes a severe beating from Annie and her gang, his body dumped in a sewer. The next morning, he discovers he cannot be seen - he is now a spirit in a state of limbo and can only observe as the events of that day unfold.

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Plot Keywords:

limbo | beating | airplane ticket | death | high school | 

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Taglines:

Life, death and something in between.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, criminality, sensuality and language - all involving teens

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Invisible

Filming Locations:

Burnaby Mountain Secondary School, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$7,717,309 (USA) (27 April 2007)

Gross:

$20,568,319 (USA) (20 July 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Birnbaum / Barber Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Invisible" is based on the Swedish film The Invisible, which was very loosely inspired by a novel of the same name by the Swedish writer Mats Wahl.

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Goofs

When Nick was walking home from the party, he kicked over a big trash can and a trash bag. The big trash can landed in the middle of the street and rested on one of its handles. The very next close up shot of Nick, you can clearly see in the background that the trash bag and trash can are back on the curb.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Diane Powell: It wasn't easy when Nick's father died, raising a teenager alone. But with a boy like Nick, well, he is now everything a mother could want. We've been through some hard times. We've carried each other. Now I look to the future, and I know there's nothing that we can't do together.

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Connections

References Sesame Street (1969)

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Soundtracks

"Under Pressure"
Written by David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor,
Brian May
Performed and Produced by Kill Hannah
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation

User Reviews

Really Great

Despite all the bad reviews on here, I went to see "The Invisible" and I was not disappointed. I really loved the underlying drama and self discovery the movie relayed throughout the story. It made you feel for both the victim and the villain and feel their pain and sacrifices. It went past the usual story line of romance and macho heros, but looked deeper. And above that, my friends and I loved the main character :) He is very good looking. Apparently the other reviewers don't have the ability to see past explosions and fake fights in films to see the depth portrayed in this movie. Definitely give this one a try. It made my day and made me think very hard about life. Not to sound too cheesy...